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A Balanced Budget?     This year president Clinton will submit his proposed legislation for thefederal official Budget to Congress. The fact that we have divided administration (ex.,Democratic President, Republican majority in Congress) means the majority ofthat legislation wont make it through the first ten minutes of a Congressionalsession. The President in turn will veto legislation presented to him byCongress. The whole situation is a vicious, never ending circle. Each side islooking by for their own best interests, and after years, even decades of thisthe United States has a huge budget deficit. Is there a solution to all thismadness? Is it feasible to sense of equilibrium the Federal Budget? Every politician onCapitol Hill claims to have the answer. The Federal Government goes as far toemploy some of the most known economists in the world to try to solve thedeficit mess, and they still havent figured it out.     The budget simulatio n exercise by The Committee for a ResponsibleFederal Budget provided choices Congress has to use as its guide for theupcoming year. How hard can it be to balance the budget I thought? After doingthe exercised I realized the title of the simulation exercise, "The FY 1997Budget An Exercise in Hard Choices," could not have been more appropriate. Itis possible though to balance the Federal Budget, provided you survey 3 simplerules. First you must decide what you feel is big, then cut withoutconsciousness, and if that doesnt work, alter your baseline.Important Choices     When deciding on what I thought was important to protect in the budget,I felt like a politician myself. I protected my own self interests. First up wasDefense. The fact that I am in the Marine Officer Program weighed heavily on mydecision to increase Defense spending by 17.6 billion (all amounts in billions,unless noted), following(a) the Congressional Budget Resolution. The Presidentsplan just didnt provide enough capital, the Congressional BlackCaucus/Progressive Caucus would basically wipe out my occupational group before it evenstarts, and I just can not have that. Next up is Education. Without the directstudent loan program, I would have no way to fund my education other than goingto some bank and going through the demeaning process of begging a loan police officerto lend me money for school. I feel a sense of loyalty to the President on thisissue, because without this program I would still be doing concrete verbalismback home in Indiana. As a result, I voted to increase Educational spending33.4.My other concern or problem area is disposition of Justice.