TightWind is written by Kyle Baxter. Stay Hungry. Stay Foolish.

Fortune has a quite good profile of Paul Ryan and his Roadmap for America’s Future plan.

Ryan is one of the few politicians in Washington (or anywhere else) I have any respect for. Unlike most of them, he isn’t slick. He’s honest, and genuinely wants to solve this country’s problems. The same can’t be said of nearly every other Congressman.

He’s the only one with a real plan to solve the biggest crisis facing this country: growing entitlement spending that we can’t afford, and as a result mounting budget-deficits and national debt. No one else, including the president, even acknowledges it. He does, and has a plan to solve it.

We need more people like Ryan in Washington — people who know that serving in Congress is not a career, but rather a responsibility to their country. A responsibility to act honestly, and to solve this nation’s problems.