Talking about balancing a budget in ten years is really saying the budget won’t be balanced.
Its political trickery like promising math and reading proficiency 100 percent in ten years by 2014 like George W and Ted Kennedy did with No Child Left Behind.
Bump. When I here a politician say "10 year plan", I know it is all smoke and mirrors. The goodies (for the politicians) are front loaded and the pain (cuts, reform, etc.) are on the back end. Two years after such a plan, they quietly nix it and head to the nearest cocktail party.