The hard part is getting my plan through Congress

[gridlore]

Another fix the deficit tool. I made my fixes through a mixture of tax increases and spending cuts. Mostly, I allow Bush tax cuts on the top brackets to expire, add a national sales tax and add a "millionaires tax" above the highest current bracket. I gut the defense budget.

Playing with this thing shows one clear fact: you simply cannot solve the deficit with spending cuts alone.

Comments

[claidheamhmor]

OK, can you get the politicians to read that article and play with the tool too?

[cmdr-zoom.livejournal.com]

They have much more important things to do and anyway, the tool is clearly flawed and the author biased.
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