Everyone says they could balance the budget if they were in charge. Few understand what would be involved. I just played a neat simulator that actually allowed me to explore what different policies would do.
Unfortunately, there doesn’t seem to be any easy way to post the results, but I did a screen-capture hatchet job:
Click for a full view. My choices — like anyone’s — probably wouldn’t please everyone but I don’t think they’re monstrous. A guiding principle was to avoid adding much new until the current spending is more under control. In reality, I know that government should be countercyclical, so this set of choices might actually be less than wise. But it was still a good thought experiment.
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