Go to the internet and find anewsarticle publishedwithin the last monththat discussesbalancing the federal budget of the U.S. and fiscal policy, summarize key points and post in the Discussions area.Discuss the current level of the Federal budget deficit and the implications of the deficit.Support a proposal for addressing these concerns.

Please note that the goal of this discussion is to read, understand, and discuss recent news using macroeconomic terminology. The article should be from an on-line newspaper or magazine. Materials posted on educational websites, likewww.thebalance.com,www.khanacademy.org, and so on, are not considered news articles even if they were recently updated and contain material related to the discussion topic.