A balanced budget isn't necessarily good for the economy. Debt drives growth. It's all arbitrary anyway. None of it is real. It's just pieces of paper and pieces of data that indicate the value of something, so the idea that we wouldn't just print what we need to reach the needs of poor and suffering humans is crazy. Funny how we can always print more for war though and no one seems to freak over that like they do about the pittance we spend on food stamps. We also have no problem jacking up debt for the oligarchs either.