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if these limits may, at any time, be passed by those intended to be restrained?"
-- Chief Justice John Marshall, Marbury v. Madison, 1803

Paying Bills

by Lee

Think you know how to fix the federal budget?  Leftie blogger Nathan Newman has set up a budget simulator whereby you can see the net effect of your changes.  Here’s mine.

Old budget was $3251.488 billion ($2264.172 billion in spending, $987.316 billion in tax expenditures and cuts).

New budget is $3216.46 billion ($2304.15 billion in spending, $912.31 billion in tax expenditures and cuts).

You have cut the deficit by $35.03 billion.  Your new deficit is $321.97 billion.

Now, to be fair, there are a lot of things that don’t exist in this simulation, such as scrapping the IRS in favor of a flat tax or a national sales tax, but it should give you a general idea.  I was honestly surprised that my budget was not smaller than it turned out to be.  Post your results in the comments, see if you do any better.

(Link via Right Side of the Rainbow.)

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