Hate to say it, but taxes are going to go up, if they really want to get the true deficit under control. No-one, on either side of the aisle, has the courage to make the cuts and shut down the parts of government that need to be eliminated. That leaves them very little room to maneuver and tax increases will have to be made. Look at this recent spending bill debacle. They cut only fractions of a percent and managed to give even more money to the Pentagon, one of the gop's favourite charities. No-one has the courage to do what's necessary and no-one will even listen to the few that actually have a clue. As ATOM said, beans and bullets. It's all destined to burn.