Brian Beutler
http://tpmdc.talkingpointsmemo.com/2010/02/stern-ryan-roadmap-a-harbinger-of-return-to-bush-era-government.php?ref=fpblgSEIU President Andy Stern says that the so-called Roadmap for America's Future--an entitlement-slashing bill written by House Republican guru Paul Ryan (R-WI)--should be a warning sign to voters that the GOP hasn't moved on from the Bush-era.
"It's hard to imagine that this is a 21st century plan," Stern told me in an interview this afternoon. "It seems like we're going back to the future."
"Particularly when George Bush inherited a surplus and drove it into a massive deficit, I'm not sure we should trust the Republican party's rehashed ideas to not just bankrupt the country in the end," Stern said.
I asked Stern whether it was fair to view the Ryan plan as a sneak peek into the governance of a potential Republican majority. Absolutely, Stern said.