Solution to Budget Deficit Found

Yet another Obama appointee has tax problems. Former Dallas Mayor Ron Kirk, appointed but not confirmed as trade representative, owes $10k in back taxes on honoraria and gifts. Now that he's being appointed to a cabinet-level post, he's going to pay what he owes.

But here's the genius of it all. With such things, the deficit can be eliminated.

Let's run this logically:

• All Obama appointees owe back taxes and pay them when appointed.
• Obama is appointing more people than any previous POTUS.
• So if Obama appoints enough people to office, he can generate enough revenue to close the deficit. Say, one appointment from each household in America.
  

But wait! That won't work. Here's why.

Let's assume that everyone appointed would owe $10k like Kirk. There are about 110 million households in the country. That comes out to $1.1 trillion dollars. The Obama deficit is $1.5 trillion or so. We're short.

So next we annex Canada and appoint all of them to the Cabinet.