Left, Right Unveil US Budget Utopias

Rep. Paul Ryan R-Wis. speaks about the 2014 Budget Resolution during a news conference on Capitol Hill in Washington March 12 2013. Carolyn KasterAP Photo Budgets are like dreams. When conservative House Republicans and liberal Democrats in the House Progressive Caucus each released their broad budget plans this week what we really saw was a window into two drastically different visions of the future. Republicans led by Budget Chairman Paul Ryan issued a 91-page doctrine of fiscal conservatism that claims to balance the budget in 10 years. The House Progressive...