Former Florida Governor Jeb Bush recently came to D.C. and testified before the House Budget Committee, chaired by Paul Ryan. At The Washington Post, Michael Gerson instructs us: Bush has naturally gotten more attention for his departures from Republican orthodoxy. Most are heresies of the obvious. Bush would accept a theoretical deficit reduction package that includes $1 in tax increases for every $10 in spending cuts. So would any responsible public official, no matter what he or she feels compelled to say in a primary debate. Midway through the hearing (at about the 01:05:30 point in the C-SPAN video) Mr. Bush says: "If you could bring to me a majority of people to say that we're going to have $10 of spending cuts for $1 of revenue enhancement, put me in coach." If Congress would actually cut spending by $10 for every $1 of tax hike, then put me in coach, too, heretical though that may be. But such a deficit reduction deal is entirely "theoretical," as Gerson suggests. The 10-to-1...(Read Full Post)