Budget Hero

Think you can solve the budget problems of the USA? Here is your chance to do it. Go play Budget Hero, a budget balancing simulation at American Public Media.

I had no problem reducing the debt to 2.2 trillion by 2018 (10% of GDP), delayed the budget bust from 2033 to 2070+, and only slightly reduced the size of government. I cut the military budget by 10%, repealed the Bush tax cuts for the rich, put a tax on greenhouse gases, added 50 cents to the gas tax and required health insurance for all. Try it yourself. Good Luck.