New York Times Budget Puzzle

• I saved $366 billion dollars by the year 2015
• I saved $1,209 billion dollars by the year 2030
• 63% came from savings from spending cuts
• 37% came from savings from tax increases
• Easy choices were reducing the military because I feel there aren't too many foreign threats still there. We spend a ridiculous amount of money on defense and there hasn't been a serious threat since 2001. I also felt it was necessary to increase taxes to the rich. They are getting paid more so they would be able to handle it. It was difficult to raise the taxes on any middle-class person. It was also difficult to move the social security age up or anything that dealt with something that could affect me in the future. Any economic decision was tough because I believe that has the biggest impact on this country and any decision made could have a big effect on the country and its future.
• It would be a lot harder with Congress because it is hard to get people to agree on different important issues. With two different parties, views and ideologies are on opposite spectrums so a decision that would pass would be hard to come by. Until the political party system is resolved and fixed, it will be hard to get anything done.