Friday Fun: Be a Budget Hero
Do you think you can manage your tax dollars to cure America's economic mess better than the politicians? Today we look at Budget Hero, a game that allows you to cut or finance areas of the federal budget to save America's economy.
You control every aspect of the budget based on ten year time frame. When you begin you choose different badges to earn.
You then select an area of the budget you select different cards that cut or raise spending in that area. You can move the slider on the year bar to see how your decisions will affect dates in the future.
Before playing a card there is will be an overview of what the Pros & Cons will be.
After you have played your cards see how your budget stacks up and if you won any badges. If things did not work out how you hoped you are allowed to go back and edit your budget.
If you think you can manage the federal budget better than our elected officials have, then give it a shot with Budget Hero.
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I enjoy the Geekdom and always interested in learning geek.At 55 it's alot of fun.
keep keep'n it. UP
It's very geeky indeed, but could be good for getting kids interested in local and national government, which they very much should be!
Interesting, and depressing.
I think we're screwed….
Where are the "Get rid of the Fed" and "Reinstate the Gold Standard" buttons?
there is no "reinstate the gold standard button" because it was America's reliance on a gold standard that lead them into the great depression. As people traded in dollars for gold, the stock of money declined in the economy, leading to deflation and depression.
having said all that, would you rather have politicians in charge of monetary policy than independent experts?