OT: Balance the budget - then see whose home page this is on

[Senator]

http://www.nathannewman.org/nbs/

[JonInMiddleGA]

http://www.nathannewman.org/nbs/ Absofrigginlutely brilliant exercise and one that really gets interesting after you make your first or second passes through.

I'll take a leap of faith and assume this stuff is reasonably accurate (plus/minus errors for the sake of simplicity). If so, this should be required curriculum for high school and college econ & government courses.

{edited to add: Yes, I really said that ... in spite of the fact that Mr. Newman & I probably wouldn't enjoy each other's company very much}

[RainRaven]

Interesting that is for sure.. assuming the figures are reasonably accurate. This should be shown in schools and I hope this kind of resource is still around in a few years when I am a History Teacher.. I'll intergrate it somewhere along the line.

[cartman]

Instead of a drop down, it should be enter your own number. Maybe as a 3rd option, "Jimmy Carter Micromanagement Level".

[Desnudo]

Eliminating Social Security, Farm Subsidies, Commerce, Energy and Transportation Departments gives an $850 billion surplus. If only I could be king for a day.