Yes the Mack plan would be a wonderful start to recovery from spending addiction
I want to study the budget in more detail. For example, how much of the federal budget is on automatic pilot, for things such as Social Security, public assistance, interest on the debt, federal employees payroll, government contracts for purchased services, etc??? And how much is truly discretionary requiring an act of Congress to authorize spending?
And then considering the economic doldrums of the past few years, I’m sure that tax revenue to the government is less than previously forecasted.
The government would be well advised to hire some CPA firms to review the finances of the federal government, without any political agendas, and tell the American people exactly where we stand.