“If we focus on some big, grand bargain then we’re going to focus on our differences, and both sides are going to require that the other side compromises some core principle and then we’ll get nothing done,” Ryan told the Washington Post. “So we aren’t focusing on a grand bargain because I don’t think in this divided government you’ll get one.”
The double-pain strategy that would be at the heart of any grand bargain–tax hikes and entitlement cuts–wouldn’t just be difficult to pass in the current Congress. It would also be a dead loser for the American people. Asking the public to bear the pain of austerity so that Washington doesn’t have to is no way to deal with overspending and bureaucratic bloat.
Looking for small places the two parties can agree, as Chairman Ryan recommended, is the best viable way forward. And practically anywhere in the federal government the conference committee looks, it will find lots of significant “small” bipartisan opportunities that could add up to a “big” deal.
Take a few examples which both sides should be able to agree on:
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