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.

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[kengr]

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

This is news? The plain fact is that the money *has* to come from somewhere, and the politicians aren't willing to say that plainly, because that will hurt their re-election chances.