Budget Unicorn Sighting

On closer inspection, Rep. Ryan's deficit reducing program has little to do with Medicare and Medicaid cuts. It depends on cutting the parts of the budget other than Social Security and Medicare/Medicaid by about two-thirds. That's defense, homeland security, support for research, etc. How about buying that bridge in Brooklyn? The Medicare debate is really not about the deficit at all, it's about giving the shaft to ordinary Americans by giving tax cuts to the richest 10% and reducing benefits for senior and our poorer fellow citizens.