Reason's Nick Gillespie has a sprightly video touting how easy it would be to balance the budget without raising taxes:

The video is touting a Reason article he co-authored with Veronique de Rugy. It's a revealing expression of the vacuity of mainstream libertarian fiscal thinking.

In the video, Gillespie chirps, "it's so incredibly simple that virtually any elected official should be able to pull it off." The hook is that, under their plan, "you only need to trim 3.6% of each year's budget."

Gillespie displays a piece of pork, which symbolizes the federal budget, divided into ten slices, representing each of the next ten years. He trims a tiny bit of fat off each slice ("all we need to do is cut this little piece of fat right here.") Voila!