In short, Mr. Ryanโs plan is devoid of credible math or hard policy choices. And it couldnโt pass even if Republicans were to take the presidency and both houses of Congress. Mr. Romney and Mr. Ryan have no plan to take on Wall Street, the Fed, the military-industrial complex, social insurance or the nationโs fiscal calamity and no plan to revive capitalist prosperity - just empty sermons.
David StockmanThe Ryan plan isn't a budget. It's the last will and testament of the Republican party.
David StockmanIf you let interest rates be freed, be set by the free market, they would rise dramatically. There would be a lot of broken furniture on Wall Street. It needs to be broken. The back of the speculative bubble would be broken and we could slowly heal the financial system. That's what I think we need to do but it's never going to happen because there's trillions of asset values dependent on the Fed continuing to suppress, repress interest rates and shovel $85 billion a month of liquidity into the market.
David Stockman