What do you think of the GOP's new Pledge to America?

To read the actual text, go here, scroll down and you will see the full text in a frame at the lower left. You can click to see it full screen. Sorry, I know it should be on the far right, but I didn’t lay out the page, the mainstream media did.

Here’s what the supporters say, and here’s the criticism.

Here’s the problem I see with it. The GOP promises to strengthen defense and border security, save our entitlements, give everyone including the richest Americans tax cuts, and balance the budget. They do propose a Federal hiring and spending freeze. The problem is, you could cut the entire Federal Government to zero except for Defense and Entitlements, and you still wouldn’t have a balanced budget. It seems to me it’s pure snake oil salesmanship to promise tax cuts and a balanced budget with no change to where the deficit is really coming from.

What do you think? Workable plan or just more phony something-for-nothing stuff for folks who still want to believe there is a Santa Claus?