Fair enough viewpoint but that doesn't take away the legitimacy of the guy.

We didn't get into this mess overnight or just by the last election either. And it won't be fixed overnight or by the next election either. It's a long haul out of this deficit mess, and it will take a lot of soul-searching and belt-tightening by both spending cuts and yes, tax increases.

Ryan's plan is DOA, there isn't any chance of privitization of Social Security, Medicare, or Medicaid while cutting taxes. It is a ploy to push the negotiations to the far right. Now the left is countering:

http://news.yahoo.com/s/dailybeast/13743_liberalsstealthbudgetsolutionraisestaxesonrichsavessocialsecurity

and we'll meet somewhere in the middle ....