Very solid, thoughtful game that puts various efforts to fix the budget into perspective: note how little getting rid of earmarks actually saves us. Seems like there should be more options on the table, including repealing Obama’s health care plan for the crazies, especially since many of these proposals have just about as much chance of happening, but still a nice dose of reality, and a example of how the internet can change how we learn and talk about these kind of political issues. It’s like the amazing stuff leading up to the last two elections from Nate Silver’s fivethirtyeight, playing and interacting with the maps really helps you to visualize and understand what’s important and interesting in a way that just reading can’t.
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