Reply #2: It was incredible to me how Ryan

[Kind of Blue]

said yesterday that it was an "economic belief." Belief, really?

Question: As you look forward, if you're going to reach an agreement with the Democrats that raises debt ceilings, avoids calamity, is there ultimately some room that you can imagine, for - from your standpoint - at least some nominal tax increase that gives the possibility for both sides to walk into a room and come out of a room and say, we got some of what we wanted here? Or is that absolutely...

Rep. RYAN: I don't yeah, I don't see it. And let me explain why, and this isn't a political thing. It's an economic belief. It's an economic doctrine thing."

http://www.npr.org/2011/05/26/136690509/ryan-shows-little-room-for-compromise

KnR