There will be plenty of blame. There will a lot of puffed chests. At the end of the day though, the way that I see it, there have to be cuts to entitlements...and I'm talking more about the kinds that pay for illegals, and folks who can but refuse to work (i.e., dignity welfare), those who can but refuse to pay their student loans, etc., than I am about SS for those who have paid into the system for years, and those who have defended our country with their own blood.
There will also need to be revenue increases. I'll have to pay more...I'm classified by the Obama camp as "rich", as I'm sure many of us here are. But I really think we should all pay a little more, and I think that the tax structure needs to change. You simply can't have a very small percentage of the population paying for the entire country. Remember, something like 50% of the population pays no income tax. That has to change.
Welfare programs need to change, such that people who are able to do "something", are asked to do something. If you can only work 3 hours a day before debilitating exhaustion due to prior injury or disease, then work 3 hours a day...etc. I think that if you have enough energy to play with your computer all day, sit in a chair and watch TV all day, or work in your yard all day, while collecting welfare, then you should be doing something to earn your keep. If you don't think there are people scamming welfare like this, then I cordially invite you to come to just about any community in California and take a look...and remember that the fed budget pays for a lot of the welfare checks that go out.
Just my two cents, FWIW.
R