NICK GILLESPIE AND VERONIQUE DE RUGY: The 19 Percent Solution: How to Balance the Budget Without Raising Taxes. “Congress hasn’t even begun real work on the 2011 budget, even though the fiscal year started in October (the government is currently being funded by short-term continuing resolutions; the next one expires on December 18). If they want to get serious about staving off the uncertainty, tax increases, and unrestrained spending that are sure recovery killers, they could put us on a path to a balanced budget right now.”