The Congressional Budget Office has this nifty little bit of information for you. We can eliminate the deficit .. and do it relatively quickly ... WITHOUT cutting spending or raising taxes. Three scenarios:
* If we cap federal spending at current levels and extend the Bush tax cuts the budget will be balanced by 2016.
* If we limit increases in government spending to a rate of 1 percent above inflation and population growth the budget will balance by 2017.
If we limit increases in government spending to a rate of 2 percent above inflation and population growth the budget balances by 2020.
You have 27 days.
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