As expected, Paul Ryan's budget is not fairing well as it passes through the liberal blogosphere's bilious digestive tract. Some of Ryan's ideas are reasonable-sounding, but not particularly convincing. For example, if we stop telling seniors the government will pick up their health tab, that just might cut down on some superfluous spending. But should we expect seniors to accept soft rationing in 2020 even when their medical bills exceed their "premium support"?

While some of these ideas are strong-sounding, but weak in substance, others have a distinctively false taste. Here are three:

1. Job Growth Will Double Next Year If We Fire Hundreds of Thousands of Government Workers, Contractors Today

Goldman Sachs and other independent economic teams have estimated that cutting $30-$60 billion this year will result in hundreds of thousands of lost jobs. These jobs loses will happen not only within government, but in the private sector as a shrinking Uncle Sam dries up contractor positions and other jobs. But Ryan's analysis predicts the pace of job growth next year to double -- yes, double -- its current pace despite $72 billion in cuts. I don't know of a precedent for this: a historic explosion of jobs growth coinciding with historic spending cuts without something else historic happening, like export growth. It's a remarkable projection.