- 50 Dead-Simple Ways For The US To Cut Its Budget (except the one thing nobody will talk about: bringing troops home) http://www.businessinsider.com/50-suggested-budget-cuts-for-the-us-government-2010-6#immediately-before-the-current-recession-washington-spent-24800-per-household-simply-returning-to-that-level-adjusted-for-inflation-would-likely-balance-the-budget-by-2019-without-any-tax-hikes-1 7 comments economy