et, but it can also be done without negative
             consequences. Maintaining a budget deficit, on the other
             hand, drastically hurts the stability of the U.S. economy.
             Argument 2: A budget deficit harms the United States through
             creating a trade deficit and increasing the national debt
             Almost everyday on the news one hears something about
             the Federal deficit and the U.S. budget problems. Currently,
             the Federal deficit is over five trillion dollars, and that
             divided out among the U.S. population equals over nineteen
             thousand dollars per person. This enormous debt couldn't
             have been created overnight. The government's failure to
             balance the budget resulted in both the large trade deficit
             First, the government needs to focus on the trade
             deficit. Lowering the budget deficit will help the American
             public with national savings which, in the long run, will
             rescue the trade deficit. "The ballooning federal deficit
             had cut national savings far below the nations investment
             needs. As a result, the U.S. had to import capital from
             overseas, which inevitably resulted in a trade deficit"
             (Koretz 1). The main point of all this is that private
             savings is down, and needs to be brought back up. "Thus,
             while the public sector's saving performance has improved
             mightily in recent years, America's household savings rate
             has plummeted to its lowest level in 39 years-leaving the
             U.S. still highly dependent on foreign capital (Koretz 1).
             Another key point to this issue is high foreign debt. By
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