Those whose jobs it is to balance the budget of the United States perhaps have the most difficult job in the country. It's hard to please everyone. Every decision you make is going to adversely affect someone, which means there are always going to be those who refute the policy. Also, no one really likes change. No matter how much we say we do, change is still something most people struggle with. And in order to balance the budget, things will need to be taken away or modified. Health care programs, social security, education funding, welfare. It's a lot like giving a child a toy. Give a child a toy, let him play with it for a little while, and then take it right back. The kid will cry and scream until he gets that toy back or until you give him a better toy. It's the same concept. If you let people collect social security when they're 65, and then you push it back to 68, Americans will cry and scream until you give it back. And then, of course, there's the simple matter of the $15,723,136,659 we owe as Americans. Those in charge of the budget have to, more or less, make that money appear from nowhere. Everyone whines and complains about the debt, but refuse to make any sort of change to aid in its payoff. So the government must make money appear from thin air.