For anyone out there who doesn't find managing their own household budget on a daily basis to be nearly enough tedium, there is "Budget Hero 2.0," a wonky computer game that allows players to reach the same eventual frustrating conclusion of fiscal doom as their ordinary leaders.
Well, it IS supposed to be a realistic model... and even then, the options are probably way out of the range of what our current crop of politicians are capable of.
I'm gonna start maxing out my credit cards now, just to get a head start on the rest of you.
Compared to the rest of us, you're a regular Koch brother.
I played for a while. Then I got mad and walked out. That means I won, right?
The options for taxing and spending on this game are so limited it feels like it was written by members of the Washington press corps.
If the Republicans have their way, we'll all have enough money to last us the rest of our lives. Exactly enough.
Stop with the Jew-talk, will ya?
He's a mink, dammit!
As if the Saudis would be that stupid.
I have a copy, but my computer says I'm locked out.
A rampaging elephant, trampling the civilians?
No idea why this reminds me of the deficit negotiations...
Only if you left the mess for another player to work on.
Well, it IS supposed to be a realistic model... and even then, the options are probably way out of the range of what our current crop of politicians are capable of.
I'm gonna start maxing out my credit cards now, just to get a head start on the rest of you.
chootspa
I raised the retirement age to 156 and sold Texas to Saudi Arabia. Budget Fixed. Next problem.