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Is Washington's problem: A. Too much spending? B. Not enough revenue? C. Both [Editor's Note, February 22]? The question is shaping up as a bright line in the increasingly urgent debate over what to do about the federal budget deficit. Not coincidentally, those choices will be key issues in the fall's high-stakes congressional elections. On Thursday, President Obama formed a bipartisan commission with two earnest chairmen to propose solutions, telling them that "everything is on the table." Republicans are leery of the approach because they want solutions from only the spending side. Where do you stand? Cuts? Taxes? Both? And what about the commission? Does it have a chance of succeeding? Give me your thoughts below or at editor@usnews.com, and we'll help stir the pot.

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Singles Online of 4:06PM March 28, 2010

In 2008, government spending was 15.8% of GDP while Government revenue was 15.1% of GDP. That was not an insurmountable gap.
Bush's federal tax revenue, was approximately 30% greater per year than Clinton's was. Why might that be, and why does no one in the Press want to mention that?
Pretending that we can never allow a deficit, is about as foolish as insisting that we stick to our water rationing, while your house is on fire. It is not always going to be the best thing for us to do.
We need to grow the economy so we will have more income for the government to tax us on, rather than taxing corporations and forcing them to have less money remaining to become our income.

Sternberg of SC 8:27PM February 27, 2010

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