I'd like to revisit my answer with a little more detail behind my rationale.
A good rifle is one that you can shoot often. A Safe Queen that leaves your house twice a year for deer season wouldn't meet this criteria for me, even if it fired laser guided smartrounds, was hand crafted by Sir. Winchester himself, or had a five inch thick match-barrel.
That's why I like the Ruger 10-22. You can run thousands of rounds through it cheap. You spend your time shooting instead of hand loading and operating a bolt, you build up the fundamentals in a way that a super gun with heavy grain can never offer, and you can customize it any damn way you want. If you're a paunchy gamer who wants something that looks like an M-16, done, there's a stock for it. You want a laser because you saw it in a movie? There's like 20 different choices. You want to spent time refining the accuracy? Get a new barrel and spent some time on the firing mechanism. There are kits, if you're so inclined, to assist. Want 25 round banana clips? Sure. Metal lipped clips for better reliability? Sure.
As far as Good rifles go, I'd argue that it's hard to beat the 10-22 because of the factors I mentioned. In brief: Price to buy, price to operate, flexibility, and fundamentals. These are all fields in which the 10-22 scores very well. There are rifles that are better in some areas at the expense of others, but for an all around good, cheap rifle, my money is on the 10-22.