How would you balance the budget Frank? Consider, if you can (to do so requires thought, so I'm not sure you can, but try) that you are a homeowner.
Your home was purchased with all of your savings and money borrowed from the bank. You knew the home was in need of some repair, expecially the roof was old. During a few early fall lows the light rain leaked and stained the walls and now you've learned a large storm was blowing in with high winds and record rainfall expected.
Do you borrow money to fix the roof? Or do you let nature take it's course?
I've answered this any number of times. This seems to be a pattern with Progressives that I need to repeat myself countless times only to have it ignored and have them trot out their psuedo-Intellectual talking points.
One more time for the learning disabled.
If I was that homeowner I would utter a phrase never heard before in Washington DC: "We can't afford it" For example, the roof is leaking but we're spending money to do research on how primates respond to classical music, or spending money to build sidewalks in upstate NY.
What that means in reality is we close the Depart of Education, we sell Fannie and Freddie, we have an immediate freeze in all spending, we let the private sector expand the sources of energy, we cut capital gains tax to 5%, we have a 5 year tax holiday on any new business, we repeal ObamaCare in favor of the Whole Food Care program and so on and so on