Moving the Goalposts until they're right back where they started.

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As Republicans thrash around trying to figure out what ransom to demand, the goalposts drift back to where they have been for a long, long time.

Destroying social security and medicare, and lower taxes for the rich.

House Budget Committee Chairman Paul Ryan (R-WI) wrote in an op-ed published Wednesday that President Barack Obama must "come to the table" in order to avert the looming fiscal crisis and that "both sides should agree to common-sense reforms of the country's entitlement programs and tax code."

But noticeably absent from Ryan's proposals was any reference to the Affordable Care Act.

"The president is giving Congress the silent treatment. He's refusing to talk, even though the federal government is about to hit the debt ceiling. That's a shame—because this doesn't have to be another crisis," Ryan wrote in the Wall Street Journal. "It could be a breakthrough."

Ryan's proposals include requiring those who are "better off to pay higher premiums for Medicare" and reforming the Medigap plans "to encourage efficiency and reduce costs."...

http://talkingpointsmemo.com/livewire/conservatives-furious-that-ryan-didn-t-address-obamacare-in-debt-proposals

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