re: How would you Balance the Budget and Pay off the Debt?

In order to even begin reducing our debt/deficit, we need to get rid of baseline budgeting allowance passed by our congress many years ago.

It's a cowards way out of saying I never voted to increase spending, "it just happens"

Use social media, rallies and State of the Union to tell everyone that there is going to be an increase of 1% on the US budget. Explain that over and over that there is going to be an increase that is not the baseline automatic approval of 10% increase

Do this for 5-10 years and I would imagine we would reduce our debt a decent amount.