Mandatory spending in the form of Social Security, Medicare, Medicaid and interest on the national debt is growing every year and making it more and more difficult to balance the budget.
This video walks through a visualization of the budget by 2017 and wonders if it is prudent to add healthcare reform to the portion of the budget that can't be reduced.
If you're looking for details of how I got these numbers, I explain in enormous detail over at by blog:
http://politicalmath.wordpress.com/2009/09/10/balancing-the-obama-budget-with...
And follow me on Twitter, if that's your bag: @PoliticalMath
@Deathcore16 Press 4 repeatedly to get the Democratic solution to budget problems.
DrCruel 1 week ago
this guy is a genius.
MrCamcam117 1 week ago
Thoughts on Ron Paul's plan?
PADDYDETHECUS 2 months ago
The easiest to cut is defence spending and you called that "house payment" what you should have called it is "paintball budgets" because all you do is drive around the neighborhood(the world) and shooting little kids (poor defenceless countries) with those paintballs,
tdot22 2 months ago
@misterbarbister When was the last time you saw an orphanage in the United States?
albatrossforlife 3 months ago