Thread: Can you solve the budget?

I did!!!

Budget Puzzle: You Fix the Budget - Interactive Feature - NYTimes.com

Go here: Budget Puzzle: You Fix the Budget - Interactive Feature - NYTimes.com to change yours up and post up the results!!

Increase taxes by 41%
Decrease spending by 59%

Its a bullshit puzzle. The only way to hit 0 is deselecting everything and lacks much of what the money actually goes to.

Budget Puzzle: You Fix the Budget - Interactive Feature - NYTimes.com
28% / 72%

Not too bad - some would be unpopular but oh well.

Originally Posted by deathgodusmc

Its a bullshit puzzle. The only way to hit 0 is deselecting everything and lacks much of what the money actually goes to.

First link are my responses. Second link is the one where you can fill out yours.

I get that but how can you balance something when the entire puzzle is going negative from the first click?

Taxes: 56% Cuts: 44%

It was an ok thing, but the options for cuts and taxes were very limited.

I think I had like 30% concerning tax rates and 70% cuts in spending.

I vote we just go back to the Barter system........................

Originally Posted by deathgodusmc

I get that but how can you balance something when the entire puzzle is going negative from the first click?

Not sure I understand what your saying. The projected short fall is $418 billion and you have to cut enough or tax enough to account for the $418 billion.