This is the question the Republicans want to avoid: "What would you cut instead?" Because when the rubber meets the road, they refuse to answer that question. They want budget cuts that nobody can see where they came from, and that magically protect Republicans from harm.

Paul Ryan's savage cost cutting plan is well-known. He'd cut tens of billions from Medicaid and Medicare, and more than a trillion from everything from food stamps to welfare over the next decade.

This will force the public debate to cover the entire scope of the proposals being offered up, and it would do so by providing the data the public most cares about right now: how will this create or destroy jobs?

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