how about giving a little credit to any attempt to have a budget.

Since everybody involved is in grid lock protecting their turf, constituency, donors, special interest groups, lobbyists and most importantly self position preservation.....how about a simple start....... A budget that assumes there will be no more spent in the proposed fiscal budget as the last years fiscal actuals?

What no ability to increase spending? Yes. Learn to live as we all must do within what we are allowed.....no open end BS as there has been the last three years.

This approach would imply at least a cessation of debt growth. Of course that assumes the tax base does not go below that of the last years fiscal actual receipts.....which given the current trend of freeloading.....may be a bad assumption.

btk