He is wrong on the second count, nyt had an info thing some time ago where you c...

jnovek · on Jan 16, 2011

It might be easy to do in a spreadsheet, but that doesn't mean it's easy to do in a politically realistic way.

tomjen3 · on Jan 16, 2011

True but besides the point - it isn't possible to reduce the federal budget at all, politically.

noahc · on Jan 16, 2011

For those interested here's the link:

http://www.nytimes.com/interactive/2010/11/13/weekinreview/d...

I think a big part of it is more to see how you would balance the budget, and what trade offs you would make. I'm relatively comfortable with raising taxes (2%) and cutting spending(98%).