Government deficit's going down because of the tax cuts. Trade deficit remains huge because of three factors: cars, oil prices, and China.
One way to get guns and butter is to restrict corporate offshoring and tax shelters. That would immediately pump a huge amount of money into the system. Another would be to carefully restrict entitlement programs while making them more effective at helping people. In the latter case, abuses of the Medicare system in part encouraged by big pharma, should be halted and punitive fines possibly imposed. No medicare for illegals, etc.
Guns and butter would thereby mean growing the military, enhancing military R&D, while at the same time improving infrastructure and education. Problem with getting true guns and butter is that every special interest group would oppose it -- from big pharma to illegal's lobbyists.
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