The following link is for an interactive budget game. I realize it’s a bit out of date, but the basic premises remain valid. The biggest change since the publication of this game is that the deficit is now bigger and balancing it is harder. I was quite surprised to see that cutting military by 50% Welfare by 20% and many other departments by 20% still left me with a deficit. Try it and let us know what it took for you to balance the budget. You may be surprised.


http://www.nathannewman.org/nbs/shortbudget06.html