Ran across this the other day - though from last year it is a nice little tool that lets you play budget god. Took me a bout 15 minutes to balance the budget. Clearly, it doesn't give some of the granular control I would have liked - I really would have liked deeper ability to cut even though that would have taken a whole extra 30 minutes.
Go Play and lets compare how we do it:
Budget Puzzle: You Fix the Budget - Interactive Feature - NYTimes.com
Once you have done yours, post a link to yours here.
Once you have posted yours, see mine:
Budget Puzzle: You Fix the Budget - Interactive Feature - NYTimes.com
#^&#^&#^&#^&#^&#^&#^&#^&#^&#^&#^& - Please make an HONEST attempt at fixing the budget that could work, don't throw the game to try to make a point.