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Like others have pointed out the problem with balancing the budget is that anything you do is going to have a major backlash somewhere, be they lost jobs, lost benefits, higher taxes or reduced role as a world superpower it really feels like a no win situation. With a society that thrives on instant gratification nobody wants to sacrifice anything for the sake of an overall better society down the road couple that with politicians having little other recourse but kissing ass to get votes they have almost no incentive to sacrifice their political career for the sake of the future.
We as a nation need to accept that we can't have our cake and eat it too, something has to give somewhere and unless people are willing to accept making some sacrifices the the budget is probably never going to be balanced.
People need to be okay with higher taxes, a reduced govt and a smaller military amongst many other things or we're going to eventually just collapse.
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