all i can say is it has worked well for us. last weeks capitol hill busied itself with a trifecta of controversies, something remarkable happened. the budget deficit, the thing republicans have been calling the single greatest threat to american freedom shrank -- a lot. amy writing -- but now the government as annual deficit is shrinking far faster than anyone expected. last week a new report by the congressional budget office estimated the deficit would shrink to $642 billion, or 4% of the nation's gdp. to put this into perspective