Monday, June 23rd, 2008
Budget Hero

If any of you listen to NPR like I do (constantly), you might have heard of Budget Hero. The new online game widget thingy that allows you to spend the national budget how YOU want to spend it, and tax people and stuff. Then it will tell you how your budget affects the economy for the next 50 years.

You can also pick three categories/initiatives that are most important to you, and it will tell you how much your budget aligns with your convictions.

It is a really fun time. My budget, of course, kicked ass, and blew away any past budget in the history of the country.

Of course, I pissed off several Big Oil Companies, Polluting Corporations, and Conservatives in the process, but who gives a hoot!? The budget is balanced!

You should give it a try. Let me know how your budgets turn out.

http://budgethero.publicradio.org/widget/widget.php?ref...
(If you're at work, you might want to turn the sound down, it makes a weird noise right at the beginning.)
18 Comments
spike
1) That is great!
Spike   Monday, June 23, 2008
dennydeaton
2) Thanks Betsy, I just emailed this to President Bush. Things should start turning around in the next few days.
Denny Deaton   Monday, June 23, 2008
_DELETED_hayley
3) that is fun. thanks betsy!
Hayley   Monday, June 23, 2008
George
4) Looks like fun, I'll take a look.
LimeyGeorge   Monday, June 23, 2008
George
5) Cool. I'm an eco-warrior. I reduced the debt to 0.1% of GDP in 2018 and I shrank the size of government to 18% of GDP in 2018.
LimeyGeorge   Monday, June 23, 2008
betsyradish
6) Wow we are awesome. Why aren't we in the White House right now??
Betsy   Monday, June 23, 2008
George
7) Because the revolution hasn't started yet. :-)
LimeyGeorge   Monday, June 23, 2008
_DELETED_hayley
8) I'll jump on the BLG Revolution Train...cause I stink at getting badges!
Hayley   Monday, June 23, 2008
George
9) What, is BLG some kind of sandwich?
LimeyGeorge   Monday, June 23, 2008
mrsshoo
10) Humzoo Revolution!! I'm on board!!
Sarah S.   Monday, June 23, 2008
Leslie
11) Betsy and Limey for Co-Presidents!!!!
P.S. Can you do something about the prices of gas and food? Thank you!
Leslie   Monday, June 23, 2008
Joe
12) No fair! It won't let me eliminate the Federal Reserve or take away the income tax completely. I sometimes wonder if these games are used as surveys to determine how the public would feel about certain spending cuts.
Joe   Monday, June 23, 2008
girlcarew
13) How cool. I can't wait to play.
girlcarew   Monday, June 23, 2008
George
14) Sure, I can do something about prices of gas and food. Gas prices are going to double immediately with a massive tax and food prices are just going to be left to the market. I'm going to increase taxes across the board and create a national health service. Furthermore, I'm going to start up a bunch of federally funded public works projects much like those under the New Deal. There's my economic stimulus....it'll put people to work and give us some more infrastructure and museums. Beats spending money on bombs.....any money left over can go towards paying off some of the debt we've incurred.
LimeyGeorge   Tuesday, June 24, 2008
betsyradish
15) I am going to place major taxes on corporations that hurt the environment, and require companies to purchase green credits to offset their carbon emissions. Also, I am eliminating tax breaks for oil companies and monster corporations to fund alternative energy research.

Limey and I make a good team.

Limey-Radish 08!
Betsy   Tuesday, June 24, 2008
RickMonday
16) I am going to raise taxes to the max, raise the minimum wage to $50/hr. Give A's to all students regardless of their work. Outlaw all carbon emitting items. Tax water, food, and breathing. I am going to give all the jobs to minorities due to the evils of slavery 200 years ago. I am going to outlaw big oil and big manufacturing. I am going to change the national language to Spanish and open all the borders. Outlaw all religions, outlaw all guns. Monitor every conversation for hate speech and imprison every person who does not use politically correct speech. I am going to close Alaska to people so that the polar bear can thrive. I am going to close the coastal waters so that the whales can be saved. I am going to outlaw all heterosexual relationships. I am going to force every woman to have at least one abortion before she can have a baby.
RickMonday   Tuesday, June 24, 2008
17) Your Government is clearly inefficient. It says so. :-p
Joshua T   Thursday, June 26, 2008
18) OH... After playing the game I realize it says your government is clear Efficient you people are all just sick. :-( Good job though. :-)
Joshua T   Thursday, June 26, 2008
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