Budget Puzzle: You Solve The Deficit

[steelmania75]

http://www.nytimes.com/interactive/2010/11/13/weekinreview/deficits-graphic.html

Give it a go, I solved it through cuts on defense and tax increases on the wealthy. Go figure.

[Zoeisright]

1. Me too!

[FirstLight]

2. It ain't rocket science...

WHEN will the PTB do the right thing...?

oh yea, they have too much stock in those things, don't they?

[KansDem]

3. I did it! I solved the deficit!

:woohoo:

Cut defense and increase taxes on the wealthy is a winning combination!

[steelmania75]

4. It had this thing where you would Cap Medicare Growth starting at 2013, which would supposedly

save over 560 billion dollars, I found that to be a bit exaggerated and a good explanation wasn't really given.

[sinkingfeeling]

5. I created a $159 billion surplus for 2015 with 70% coming from tax increases and

30% from cutting the military. Eliminated any deficit for 2030.

[steelmania75]

6. Also, it had two options on Iraq and Afghanistan, one to bring down troops to either 60,000 or

30,000 by the middle of the decade. How about a BRING THEM ALL HOME NOW! option? I'd figure that would save hundreds of billions of dollars.

[seabeyond]

7. taxes for middle and rich go back to 2000. close loop holes for corp and rich

penalize those, prosecute those that are not paying their taxes. regulate wall street and banks. tax incentive to companies that employee within country.

stop iraq
stop afghanistan

[seabeyond]

8. oh, i am suppose to go someone and do a test or something? ah well.... gave my plan here.

[phantom power]

9. that software has bugs. Checking and unchecking gives inconsistent results.

[pansypoo53219]

10. it's AMAZING

what raising taxes on the rich can do.

they are starting to cut the muscle of govt. there is little more cutting should be done.

[damntexdem]

11. Tax the rich.

Hell, soak the rich.

[Johonny]

12. You don't even need to cut military that much

end the wars and tax the rich seems to get rid of the debt. It's amazing!

[demwing]

13. $263 billion surplus for 2015, in 5 minutes. Boom!

Military cut, tax increases for the wealthy, and an end to farm subsidies...

http://www.nytimes.com/interactive/2010/11/13/weekinreview/deficits-graphic.html?choices=43x045qt

[jtrockville]

14. It really is just that simple.

[Fire Walk With Me]

15. Cut defence, increase taxes on the wealthy, and make Republicans do manual labor at union wages.

[jtrockville]

16. Oh, and why is SS on there?

[gratuitous]

17. I'll decline to play

But maybe it's there to show that cutting social security benefits doesn't do a thing to the budget?