[moonshot925]

Yes, he would shred it by increasing the size of government. Every year.

Ryan's budget proposal of 20 March 2012 would actually reduce the size of the federal government to 20% of GDP in 2015 and 18% or 19% after that.

[txrangerette]

Ryan is pro growth.

He is for pro growth economic policies.

As for the size of government, it is already written in law to explode. It’s called entitlements, and it’s called demographic reality.

To say that Ryan plans to grow the government is a gross, deliberate distortion. Nobody can be that dense, accidentally.

His plan slows the growth of government and increases economic growth.

You end up with a more affordable government taking a much smaller percentage of GDP.

The reason for gradualism is to keep the promises made to those who built their lives around them and are now in, or approaching, their twilight years.

Changes would come for younger people.

It’s a no-brainer, but will be lied about and demonized by the hard Left.

Some “conservatives” will distort it beyond recognition, too.

Pity.

[Jim Noble]

And who calculates “GDP”?

The size of the government has to equal taxation + debt. Period.

[andyk]

reduce the size of the federal government to 20% of GDP in 2015 and 18% or 19% after that.

I understand the argument, but the federal government will continue to grow larger and more powerful. I really don't see a in victory in returning to a percentage of GDP from just a handful of ago, representing a gargantuan, unconstitutional government.