April 5, 2011 10:13AM 

# Tuesday Links 

By George Scoville 

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- Republicans have a [big opportunity](https://www.cato.org/pub_display.php?pub_id=12939) to undo Obamacare *and* reform Medicaid and Medicare all at once.
- It’s a good thing, too, because we’re facing a [big debt crisis](https://www.cato.org/pub_display.php?pub_id=12880) and if we don’t change course, federal spending will crest 42% of GDP by 2050.
- There’s also a [big elephant in the room](https://www.cato.org/congressman-ryans-budget-is-a-big-step-in-the-right-direction/) in an excessively complicated tax code.
- One has to wonder if the Republicans intend to put the [big sacred cow](http://www.downsizinggovernment.org/defense) of defense spending on the table.
- Unrelated to the budget, education choice proponents scored a [big victory](https://www.cato.org/multimedia/daily-podcast/victory-education-tax-credits) in the U.S. Supreme Court yesterday in *ACSTO v. Winn*, a decision that upheld education tax credits:

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