Solve the federal budget deficit

The NY Times has published a fun interactive graphic that lets you do what Congress and the President have not been able to manage:  balancing the federal budget.

Try your hand at it:

http://www.nytimes.com/interactive/2010/11/13/weekinreview/deficits-graphic.html

Then email it to the candidates for U.S. Senate and ask them to fill it out.  Any that refuse to reveal their preferences don't deserve serious consideration.