No plagiarism and the page must be saved as pdf file

Why can't the federal government balance its budget? Watch this Youtube video: United States Budget Dilemma.wmv I'm not sure I completely agree with Mr. Mason's gloom-and-doom predictions, but his math is correct. The federal government now spends more just on entitlements and debt service than all the revenue it brings in each year. If we kept taxes the same and shut down the entire government, the military, everything, we still wouldn't have enough money to keep up with entitlement payments and interest. This week's assignment should be pretty easy. All you have to do: balance the federal budget and explain how to address our $20 trillion national debt. I'm serious. This is going to have to be done within the next decade, and its your tax money and government services at stake. You have just as much right to have input into these choices as anybody else. Instead of writing an essay this week, go to the website of the Committee for a Responsible Federal Budget and find their Budget Simulator: http://www.crfb.org/debtfixer/ Pretend you've been elected to Congress, and now serve on both the Appropriations (spending) and Ways and Means (tax) committees. Follow the directions and work through the simulation until you've found a way to stabilize the federal debt. You have a short-term goal of stabilizing the debt at no more than 70% of the economy within 10 years - still shockingly high, but you have to start somewhere, right? You then have a long-term goal of stabilizing the national debt at its historical average of about 40% of the economy by 2050. It's not easy, but if you keep making hard choices (watch your progress on the right side of the screen), you'll eventually get to a screen that says "You fixed the debt." Use the "Print" feature to create a printer-friendly version of your results, then right-click and save that page as a PDF file. I know I usually want your assignments in Word, but - this week only - submit the .pdf file as your assignment. You do not need source citations for this assignment. Additional Resources How much of the debt do you owe? Forbes Magazine's Mike Patton explains: http://www.forbes.com/sites/mikepatton/2015/04/24/national-debt-tops-18-trillion-guess-how-much-you-owe/ Special Note: As of Thursday, July 5, the Debt Fixer simulation on the CRFB website is up and running, despite problems earlier in the week.. If it crashes again before Saturday, here's your backup plan: Go to the Concord Coalition's Federal Budget Challenge: https://www.federalbudgetchallenge.org/pages/overview Do the budget simulation - thoughtfully - all the way through. When you get to the Summary page, click on "Print Page" at the top. Instead of printing it on paper, where it says "Destination," click "change" and save it as a PDF file. Submit the PDF you saved as your assignment.