America's credibility and the economic recovery are being held hostage by partisanship and strong-arm negotiation tactics. This is a manufactured crisis with an immediate solution that allows the contentious issue of fiscal priorities to be postponed until after America's financial future has been secured:
-Flat, across the board cuts in spending across all government agencies; matched by equally uniform revenue increases from all sources of federal income.
If done gradually, this policy should hasten the ultimate goal of a balanced budget by inspiring renewed confidence in the U.S. Federal Government by the marketplace.
This is an inherently equitable solution that should require no debate, or further delay.