For all of us who are talking about balancing the budget and how this or that thing will ruin our economy, I was shown this link:

http://nathannewman.org/nbs/

Basically, it is a web game where the goal is for YOU to balance the budget.  Think you can do a better job than the government?  Think that your political beliefs and ideas will work?  Well, let's put them to the test!

It is not perfect of course, but it will be fun to see how well we do on this.  State whether you chose the short or long version and let us know how it went.  This is a fun and informative way to take a look at the kinds of things our government is dealing with.