Have you locked the voting. Damn thing won't let me vote. I think I've been disenfranchised!
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My opinion is option 2. There are two ways to eliminate the deficit.
Big government approach-increase taxes.
Small government approach- reduce spending.
I like the small government approach. We could take at least $1 trillion out of the budget but it means privatizing social security and medicare/medicaid. Those are the fastest rising parts of the budget. That has to be done carefully so as not to deprive anyone of benefits from programs they have paid into all their lives. The longer we wait though the more difficult it will be to do.