Think you can balance the state budget? Give it a try
Take the deficit into your own hands with the MinnPost state budget calculator.
We found it surprisingly easy, though, admittedly, we weren’t aiming for realistic solutions.
This turned out really cool. I spent some time with JavaScript to add some functionality to a really well written and researched budget deficit fixer-thingy by MinnPost writer Sharon Schmickle. Not only can you cut millions and billions from the MN state budget, but you can learn what the reality of those cut will be. That’s the coolest part about the experiment. There are tough days ahead, fellow Minnesotans.