NYT interactive puzzle: You Fix The Deficit

[Qutzupalotl]

http://www.nytimes.com/interactive/2010/11/13/weekinreview/deficits-graphic.html

Post your solutions below.

[Qutzupalotl]

1. Here are mine:

http://www.nytimes.com/interactive/2010/11/13/weekinreview/deficits-graphic.html?choices=41b105y1

Returning to Clinton era tax levels, cutting military spending, getting troops out of Iraq and Afghanistan, plus a few others. Some were just off the cuff, like I don't think capping Medicare growth is feasible, but I haven't really studied it.

Interesting page, though! You get to see the effects of your choices right away on the graph.

[RandomThoughts]

2. I like essay tests not multiple choice.

[daleanime]

3. You fix the deficit....

but only using 'their' choices, no single-payer, no reducing prison populations, etc...:shrug:

[Qutzupalotl]

10. That is the downside, true.

It's a trade-off for the convenience of instant results: you have to pick from a preset list of options, which suffer from the creators' lack of vision.

[SteppingRazor]

4. Here's mine:

http://www.nytimes.com/interactive/2010/11/13/weekinreview/deficits-graphic.html?choices=xcx0n6r3


Pretty similar to yours, actually.

[billlll]

5. 91% Ike's top tax rate, ends Debt in 3 years then all our Programs funded 2 pre-RR levels and higher

Bill Maher keeps repeating this...

Listen up

-Folks at top DID pay it. When tx cut later, revenues dropped.

-Job growth then ('48 to '68) was 14%/yr. ..But tax cuts at top KILL jobs... Look at the bush cuts... Job growth 2%/yr. after bush tx cut in 2001.

Source----
http://www.democraticunderground.com/discuss/duboard.php?az=view_all&address=389x9545549.

Say "I Like Ike". LOL.

[PBass]

6. Nice exercise

http://www.nytimes.com/interactive/2010/11/13/weekinreview/deficits-graphic.html?choices=43p045qm

Mine was 71% tax revenue, 29% budget cuts. Gotta get rid of the Estate Tax exemption, the Bush Tax Cuts for Millionaires, etc.

[SkyDaddy7]

8. I think ours was nearly the same.

73% tax increases and 27% spending cuts.

[SkyDaddy7]

7. 73% Tax Increases/ 27% spending Cuts

http://www.nytimes.com/interactive/2010/11/13/weekinreview/deficits-graphic.html?choices=4vtj45qz

[ellisonz]

9. Owned.

http://www.nytimes.com/interactive/2010/11/13/weekinreview/deficits-graphic.html?choices=23u1n6qm

[Romulox]

11. 68/32. This puzzle shows how EASY the solution is. nt

[ellisonz]

12. kick

[Toucano]

13. Anyone know if right-wing sites are doing this too.

I mean, it's so damn easy and almost painless.

Why are people crying about the deficit again?

[Romulox]

14. Yes; the NYT. nt

[Toucano]

15. LOL. Obviously. n/t