Well that didn't take long --- Fox News *spins* AGAINST Ryan's supposed greatest strength

[underpants]

They must have gotten some horrifically bad polling numbers

[font size = 8]Fact Check: Ryan budget plan doesn't actually slash the budget[/font]





Here are a few little-known facts about Paul Ryan's supposedly slash-and-burn budget plan.
Government spending increases almost every year over the next decade.
Tax and other revenue rises year after year.
The 10-year deficit is still $3 trillion.


To be sure, Ryan is proposing major changes to Medicare and taxation that Democrats see as problematic. Not a problem for us at least in the campaign



The end of the article actually describe the effect on the middle class.
http://www.foxnews.com/politics/2012/08/14/fact-check-ryan-budget-plan-doesnt-actually-slash-budget/

[smirkymonkey]

1. Did anybody with even a rudimentary knowledge of math ever think so?

As it's been said before "Mathmatcally Impossible". Well, then again, most tea-partiers think that 2+2=5, so there you go.

[FiveGoodMen]

2. Reagan said he'd cut taxes, increase defense spending AND balance the budget.

That didn't add up either, but it got him lots of votes.

[smirkymonkey]

3. I guess that is a testament to our educational system.

It really sucks, doesn't it.