It’s striking to me that the Ryan budget cuts taxes for the wealthy and does very little to reduce spending on -the budget deficit- national defense (see “here”:http://www.washingtonpost.com/blogs/ezra-klein/post/paul-ryans-budget-in-summary/2011/03/28/AFnwrZkC_blog.html). When you walk the American public through exercises that require it to balance the budget, two of the most popular ideas are: increasing taxes on the wealthy and cutting defense spending. See “here”:http://www.nytimes.com/interactive/2010/11/21/weekinreview/21leonhardt-graphic.html?ref=weekinreview or “here”:http://usabudgetdiscussion.org/national-town-meeting-results/.
