erik Posted October 12, 2005 Report Share Posted October 12, 2005 (edited) This is a budget simulator. Its not perfect or anything but it might be fun to mess around with. http://www.nathannewman.org/nbs/ I cut all non-essential federal spending, increased the military by 100%, increased police spending by 100% and cut taxes by 100% and I came up with a surplus of 350 billion. The simulator say I should cut taxes more which of course I would. Edited October 13, 2005 by softwareNerd Quote Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
Regis Posted October 13, 2005 Report Share Posted October 13, 2005 Actually, I wouldn't cut taxes that much at first. I'd pay down the deficit. It'd take 10 years max if we did it the way I want to...and that's with significant tax refunds the whole way. Quote Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
Captain Nate Posted October 13, 2005 Report Share Posted October 13, 2005 (edited) Doing some things similarly. I managed to get a $893.43 billion deficit, increasing it $492.43 billion Oops. Part of it is because I kept Social Security retirement plans and the space program. However, it's important to note that I increased everything by 100% that the government should be doing, such as defense and including the Afghanistan and Iraq spending, which wouldn't always need to be done. And some things I notice aren't completely eliminated, even when I tell it to be (such as non-defense energy programs). Otherwise, I'd have a very trim budget. I think it's important to note that this thing seems to be from a left-leaning blog, so I don't know how much faith to put in its projections. Edited October 13, 2005 by Captain Nate Quote Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
softwareNerd Posted October 13, 2005 Report Share Posted October 13, 2005 ... so I don't know how much faith to put in its projections. The real value of the exercise is to chew on where the Feds currently spend their money, not so much as a tool to project what might happen. Quote Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
Captain Nate Posted October 13, 2005 Report Share Posted October 13, 2005 The real value of the exercise is to chew on where the Feds currently spend their money, not so much as a tool to project what might happen. Well, we already knew that. Quote Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
ex_banana-eater Posted October 14, 2005 Report Share Posted October 14, 2005 That was very fun to play with! Budget Totals Old budget was $3747.36 billion ($2672.527 billion in spending, $1074.833 billion in tax expenditures and cuts). New budget is $2807.17 billion ($657.5 billion in spending, $2149.67 billion in tax expenditures and cuts). You have cut the deficit by $940.19 billion. Your new deficit is $-539.18 billion. Oops! You've cut so much that the federal budget now contains a substantial surplus. Many economists warn that this budget may help induce or prolong a recession, and ordinary citizens demand a refund. You might want to cut taxes or raise spending. I cut military spending by 40%, dropped Iraq and Afghanistan spending by 50%, upped administration of justice by 20%, and kept military pensions the same. Everything else was thrown out. The total spending of that government would be 658 billion dollars per year. Quote Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
softwareNerd Posted April 1, 2008 Report Share Posted April 1, 2008 (edited) Here's a simple graphical view of the U.S. Budget spending, by major category. Edited April 1, 2008 by softwareNerd Quote Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
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