Budgets or Balance

Sure they want to balance the budget, but why be myopic and rigid. The real
job is to oversee a balanced state and a balanced state economy. That
intrinsicly means moderation. Thoughtful, well conceived changes, moderately
engaged that will bring society closer to what seems a healthy balance of all
factors - towards harmony, not jarring dissonance.
Germany has laws to allow reduction in work hours in a downturn/crisis. This
alleviates the turmoil of redundancy payments, corporate collapses, cents in
the dollar insolvencies....They provide relief amidst crisis (which pass)
then recoup after. By nurturing a stable society they can enjoy better
standards of living - reducing turmoil - destruction of value. Balancing
excesses is the secret to stability.

Debt and Ceilings

Although America is supposedly living beyond the budget, there are Americans that could feed, house and educate cities-millions for a generation without exhausting their capital.

Seems to me there's an escape clause in every tax law to date. But, a new way to get the superrich untaxables would be a Wealth And Assets Tax!
WhAAT!?

Citizens only pay on what they acknowledge owning - start at one percent.
Anything not acknowledged becomes the peoples, anything significantly disputed might be auctioned or purchasable?
Might help balance the budget - and pay the interest on borrowings instead of default.