Unseen Little Rascals Episode

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Originally Posted by JERRY2KONE

Some cuts in social programs and spending in security and was able to push back the budget bust to 2033. Interesting game but takes too long to get through all of the red tape just like real Gov.

Yeah, takes a bit of time to go thru if you really want to do it right, but its interesting. Of course the game can't predict what choices will have for GDP growth and other unintended effects. Wish the intro would STFU on the page reload too. May have to delete the embed and redo the link..

Going thru it a bunch of times in various ways leads to some pretty depressing out comes. Even draconian cuts to spending and large tax increases doesn't even get the debt paid off in 20yrs. The last one I did still left $9T in debt by 2029 (even $400B surpluses only gets you so far.) Basically to the level of debt we had in 2007. :( There is no way the taxes and cuts I put in would ever even pass.

We're going to be paying this off for the next 50 yrs. We've really screwed ourselves

Pray for some miracle of an awesome recovery and huge GDP growth. If this recovery drags on like Japan's for a decade + with stagnant inflation and high unemployment, we're really screwed.