Have you heard of this?

Nope, but like any of us, our county needs to be willing to make hard choices and stop nibbling around the edges. Like the fictional person spending $4000 more than she's making, we need to do more than stop the manicures and shop with coupons. We need to increase income and cut major expenses, not just frivolous things. I think it's entirely do-able. Remember, it wasn't that long ago that we had budget surpluses--back in 1998 - 2000 U.S. revenues exceeded expenses. Of course, back then the economy was doing better, we weren't at war, the number of retirees wasn't so large, and we had a different tax policy. I think we can get back to that, but the people spending the money need to stop posturing and posing and sit down and do some work.