Monday, April 11, 2011

James Fallows on the Ryan Budget Plan

James Fallows lays into Rep. Paul Ryan's budget plan: The Brave and Serious Mr. Ryan. (The links are also right on.)

2 comments:

James R said...

Yesterday I watched "Inside Job." It's not as if we didn't already know that the rich exert more influence than non rich, but the financial crisis, the bailout, the movie, and this budget just reinforce it.

When else in history could the U.S. totter on bankruptcy to save those wealthy who contribute practically nothing to the economy except extract vast sums of personal fortune from it. The biggest economic failure since the depression essentially yielded no reform and now we have a budget which reflects this.

Big Myk said...

I saw "Inside Job" when it came out in the theater. As good as it was (and to be fair its focus was different), the "This American Life" episodes on the mortgage crisis were better.