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Ever do one of these "balance the budget" sims? (www.crfb.org)
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This one just got updated to account for OBBBA and such. Silliness of deficit hawking aside, I always get a kick out of them because of how easy they end up being. Slash military, raise taxes on super wealthy and you're pretty much there. I can fit public option, free community college, and universal pre-K in there and still hit their arbitrary thresholds

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[-] Azarova@hexbear.net 13 points 3 weeks ago

In the political sim Democracy 3, the easiest way to get a budget surplus in the US was to immediately dismantle the military and institute carbon taxes until green energy was built out

[-] Creakybulks@hexbear.net 9 points 3 weeks ago

I always try that and end up getting domed by ultra nationalists like 3 years into my term. so it goes

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