NPR's Planet Money asked listeners and readers to look at charts like this one:
And then they asked those listeners to put forward their ideas for cutting the federal budget. It is an interesting exercise, and an interesting podcast. Take a listen:
PM also points us to the Committee for a Responsible Federal Budget, which has put together an elaborate interactive tool for citizens to try to problem solve the federal budget deficit. In the online simulation, one makes the hard choices that politicians are presented with, in an effort to build a federal budget. Click here to give it a shot.
Posted
09-07-2010 8:49 AM
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Graham Griffith