This is a very cool little tool – try it yourself. It is a “Make Your Own Deficit-Reduction Plan” calculator that lets you choose amongst dozens of options for reducing annual budget deficits.

It clearly show what the options are and how many tough choices need to be made to reduce our annual budget deficits.

Once you get started though I believe you realize that it is not about shutting down the government it is about reducing all the things it attempts to do, some of which are obscenely expensive.

We simply can’t afford to do it all. So, try it yourself. What choices would YOU make?