Atlasian Citizens for a Balanced Budget

[CheeseWhiz]

A fully balanced budget will require us to cut over $400 billion out of our budget.  What do you want us to cut?

The department of Health and Human Services.  I’m pretty sure cutting that will give us a surplus.  But alas, it’s too extreme, and the senate would never approve it.

[CheeseWhiz]

- Privatize the Tennessee Valley Authority ($22 billion) and Bonneville Power Marketing Administration ($15 billion): There is no reason for which the government should continue to run these programs; they can and should be fully privatized. According to the CBO estimate, the TVA would fetch $22-30 billion, and the Bonneville PMA $15-20 billion.

Do you have any other suggestions?

I'm glad we have this requirement, because it forces us to take a long look at where our money is going.