Students Debate US Budget Through Online Game
500 views · Published 23 November 2011 · 2:26 · Indexed 21 September 2026
Channel: Voice of America · 2011 · News & Politics
As a special congressional committee in Washington has been wrestling with ways to reduce the US budget deficit, students in Los Angeles and other American cities have also been tackling the problem. They have tried to trim government spending through an online game called Budget Hero. These high school students say playing Budget Hero is showing them how hard it is to cut federal spending by $1.2 trillion over the next 10 years.
