FACT:
* U..S. Tax: $2,170,000,000,000
* Fed budget: $3,820,000,000,000
* New debt: $ 1,650,000,000,000
* National debt: $14,271,000,000,000
* Recent budget cuts:
$38,500,000,000
Let's now remove 8 zeros and pretend it's a household budget:
* Annual family income: $21,700
* Money the family spent: $38,200
* New debt on the credit card: $16,500
* Outstanding balance on the credit card: $142,710
* Total budget cuts so far: $385
If it were my family budget, I would disappear (or take strategic default; using modern terms) and have the credit card debt forgiven/forgotten. The banks do not derserve my payback these days anyhow.
This measure does not work at the international level, I reckon:D