check out this great interactive site where you get to choose how to balance the budget

My cousin posted this site on facebook:

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

I found it very hard to make some of the decisions, for example capping medicare staring in 2013, but in the end I was happy with my choices, and the final mix was 50% spending cuts and 50% revenue increases/taxes.

Here is what I came up with:


http://www.nytimes.com/interactive/2010/11/13/weekinreview/deficits-graphic.html?choices=g3sk444t

Check it out and see what you can come up with.  Also, let me know what you think of my choices.  Tom