"oblgations." Yeah, ENTITLEMENTS that haven't been addressed by either party yet. Duh! Keep playing your stupid games, everyone knows entitlements will have to be addressed at some point soon. When we finally reform healthcare in a way that takes out the trillion dollar middleman who adds nothing to the system, and when we means test the wealthy currently receiving ss, those problems will be dramatically reduced. When we stop the tax cut zombies from further reducing revenues to the point it threatens the republic we'll see a balanced budget again like we had under the last democratic administration.