October 20, 2008

Election 2008 - Federal Budget Simulator

Check out this program I found. It is a really interesting simulator where YOU get to control the federal budget. You can see it's affect on the next 10 years and project how long your budget decisions can be sustained before the budget breaks. And, finally, you can choose the 3 most important goals of your "administration" to see how your decisions work to fulfill those goals.

It's very interesting and educational. In my own simulation, I found that if you eliminate special interest policies on BOTH sides of the aisle and just focus on what is best for the economy, national security, and health, then you can generate a budget surplus which would go even further towards strengthening the economy, national security, and health... it would become a positive feedback cycle rather than the negative, destructive cycle we have now.

Try it out and let me know what you think of it.

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