Deficit Busters
4 May 2010Select a UK political party, then choose what programs cuts you would make to lower the deficit – then see the effects of those cuts. Why have we never seen one of these in the United States?
Hmmmm. turns out there have been some attempts in the US.
From the LA Times on the California budget: 
From the Congressional Budget Office: 
Massachusetts budget calculator (from 2008, I think)
Anyone know of better ones?
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