> would go a long way to balancing the Federal budget > as reducing the deficit goes, I have less insight into this Balancing the budget is exactly reducing t

> would go a long way to balancing the Federal budget > as reducing the deficit goes, I have less insight into this Balancing the budget is exactly reducing the deficit. It's the debt I suspect you have less insight into. Frankly it's an embarrassment that they could only agree lower the deficit by less than 10%. They are a long way from addressing the debt.