UPDATE: Oh, BTW…once you balance the budget, the NY Times will supply you with a link if you’d like to share you solution with DM friends and foes alike.

Blues, Reds, Purples.

In a time of economic recession, people of all political colors become increasingly concerned with their governments’ budgets.  Here on DM, the financial watchdogs have been out in force over the past year or so, consistently raising questions of local, state and federal spending when another expense is proposed.

And while Decatur currently boasts a balanced budget, the same can’t be said for our Federal government.

But what to do?  You’re just one person without a think tank or army of economists.

Well, thanks to an ambitious effort by the New York Times, you can now balance the Federal budget in mere seconds, at home in your jammies!

Just CLICK HERE to begin your personal journey into the depths of our federal taxing and spending.  Click off on plans to either cut spending or raise taxes with the goal of balancing the Fed’s budget in both the short-term (2015) and long-term (2030).

And if I know many of you, you’re also going to be even more interested in the research behind these numbers.  You can read a summary of how amounts were calculated HERE.

Good luck.  We are all counting on you!