Sunday, November 14, 2010

I Solved the Deficit.

My results on this New York Times interactive puzzle can be found here.

My mix of spending cuts and tax increases worked out to 37% tax increases, mostly from adding a national sales tax (elimination of federal income tax and imposition of a flat tax were not available options), and 63% spending cuts, which included deep cuts in foreign aid (50% cut; 100% cut not an available option, damnit), military spending (I'm an isolationist and want the size of our military to reflect this) and increases in Social Security/Medicare eligibility age (I increased both to age 70). Full details at the link.

This would make a good meme for all of you to take.

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