It means that if you don’t try to get it all you won’t get it. I agree that the odds are not good, but by at least asking for what needs to be done we will have done all that can be done and may reset the terms of debate so that what needs to be done can be done in time.
The Ryan plan is timid, inadequate, and cowardly. That also sums up the Republican Party. I generally vote for the Rs, but it reflects a triumph of wishful thinking over experience.
My prognostication is that because of the corruption of the character of the American people we are headed toward civil unrest sparked by economic collapse. When? Within the next decade - maybe sooner than later.
That’s why I gave him a C+. He should have asked for a trillion and cut budgeted dollars that haven’t been spent yet. Then I would have gave him an A.
I understand his strategy, but I don’t agree with all of it, though he does some right things in this budget like no money to Obamacare and cutting corporate taxes.
It could indeed be way better though.