“In short, Mr. Ryan’s [budget] plan is devoid of credible math or hard policy choices. And it couldn’t pass even if Republicans were to take the presidency and both houses of Congress. Mr. Romney and Mr. Ryan have no plan to take on Wall Street, the Fed, the military-industrial complex, social insurance or the nation’s fiscal calamity and no plan to revive capitalist prosperity — just empty sermons.”
David Stockman, Reagan’s budget director, “Paul Ryan’s Fairy-Tale Budget Plan,” NYT
Embattled Farmers 
They are the definition of snake oil salesmen.
Americans, get smart. Don’t fall for their crap.
The only thing that allows Ryan to be taken as a thinker is that no other Republicans are bothering doing anything other than saying no to Obama.