Congressman Paul Ryan, an up and coming leader in the Republican Party, offers a few economic policy ideas in today’s Wall Street Journal. They’re certainly worth paying attention to.

What’s more interesting, though, is that Ryan begins his op-ed this way: “Inheriting countless challenges, Congress and the Obama administration have moved quickly on many fronts to implement their economic agenda.”

I’m not sure if the congressman is sending up the president’s habitual use of “inherit,” or if he genuinely believes that he and his colleagues — most of whom have been in office for several terms — are unwitting victims of a terrible inheritance.

I wonder if anyone currently serving in government is willing to admit they were familiar with Washington before last month.