During class, Mrs. Weser had given us a link to a game called "Budget Heroes." The game gives you a challenge to balance the budget of the US economy by eliminating and adding "cards" which either add or contribute to the debt. I played this game and I have to say that I am quite impressed by it. It works by simulating the possible outcomes of your descisions in subtracting/adding cards. I took away luxury items (travel budgets, wealthy senior healthcare etc.) and put some of the money (about a tenth of what I cut) into DARPA, NASA, and education (specifically college tuition rates). Eventually, I had about a 50B surplus compared to the -600B deficit that I started with. I cut the Interest payed on debts down to about half of it's former size and still managed to keep many discretionary spending programs intact.
I am literally better at balancing budgets than 535 professional politicians. I would make a great dictator I suppose.
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