The 1970's Redux

Fiction (the Ryan Proposal) and Non-Fiction (Obama)

Paul Krugman writes to refute claims that he is not as critical of the Obama plan as he is of the Ryan plan. 

http://krugman.blogs.nytimes.com/

His argument is simple, the Obama plan is a realistic, reasonable and credible plan.  The Ryan plan is, well  . . .

All this is a reminder of what Mort Sahl supposedly said in the 1970’s about Kissinger and Nixon.  If you were drowning 20 feet away from a boat, Nixon would through you a lifeline of 10 feet and Kissinger would complain that you were unwilling to meet the President halfway.