How in the world did the US Federal government ever achieve a balanced budget and how can they go about ever doing it again?

Question

Follow up: is it realistically achievable ever again, and should it even be a goal to be concerned with?

In: Economics

Answer 1

Well, the dollar’s value has gone down about 98% since 1913.

Some folks won’t be happy until it’s worthless. 

What’s another 98% decrease?