Douthat doesn't like Ryanomics

Ross Douthat says it looks too much like Reaganomics, from "Rosy Scenario" through trickle down equivalents to fill-in-the-blank economic numbers.

The fact that Ryan's doing all of this should be no surprise. He knows that punting the change from Medicare to Medic-Where down the road a dozen years isn't enough lipstick on the pig of Ryanomics by itself.

So, instead of being as bold as Ayn Rand would want him to be, he's trying to be too cute by half.

Why Douthat gave him "initial praise," I don't know. At the least, Douthat is smarter than David Brooks. (Not that that says a lot.)

That said, he does promise to review the suicide note political implications of Ryanomics in a future column.