Mr. Kushma thinks it is plausible that the near trillion-dollar Obama plan would pay for itself. I issue a challenge.

He can pen a list of all self-sufficient government programs. I shall write my own of all the government programs that have missed projections, run in the red, are about to go bankrupt, and — in general — have turned into boondoggles.

One suspects I will be burning the midnight oil, while Mr. Kushma stares at a blank piece of paper.

Myron Welch

Perrysburg

First Published March 17, 2010, 9:47 a.m.