David Brooks and Paul Ryan...

...debated the question, "How Much Government is Good Government?," yesterday at the American Enterprise Institute in Washington.

Brooks's money quote:

And my problem with the Republican Party right now, including Paul, is that if you offered them 80-20, they say no. If you offered them 90-10, they'd say no. If you offered them 99-1, they'd say no.

And Brooks is a conservative.