[arthurus]

No plan that balances the budget in 6 years or 3 years or 10 years or x years will balance the budget, ever. Spending that is not ended now by eliminating programs and departments now will not happen beyond the first cuts, which will be largely a matter of rearranging the numbers on the paper. If a department is not eliminated NOW it will expand quickly to replenish the "cuts" with new spending and surpass them with "emergency" spending. The debt ceiling will have to be raised again to meet the emergency (-ies). Do it now or just go home.

[SUSSA]

How are you going to get it done right now? Please post a plan that can get through the House.