There is both good news and bad news coming out of Washington’s attempt to reign-in our government’s deficit spending. The good news – both sides are talking. The bad news – both sides are now slinging mud at each other in their verbal assaults. The big reason for the mudslinging is that it’s easy to TALK about reducing the deficit, but it is incredibly difficult to actually pull it off. To get a sense of some of the immense size of the steps needed, according to one expert, read the following report starting at page 37 – click here