Peeling through all the layers of deception and immorality in Paul Ryan’s Medicare plan requires a modern dayenu:
If he cut taxes further on the rich but didn’t end Medicare, it would have been enough.
If he ended Medicare but didn’t end Medicaid, it would have been enough.
If he ended Medicare and Medicaid but didn’t claim he was protecting them, it would have been enough.
If he claimed he was protecting Medicare and Medicaid but didn’t claim it would boost employment, it would have been enough.
If he claimed it would boost employment but didn’t claim unemployment would fall to 2.8%, it would have been enough.
If he planned to cut taxes for rich people and end Medicare and Medicaid but didn’t call it a deficit reduction plan, it would have been enough.