I think his outlook is too simple you need to look at each expenditure in separate pieces rather than its lumped total. I would be willing to bet that there are more ways to cut spending than he has looked at. The pens used by the potus cost between 100 and 200 dollars. http://www.cross.com/catalog/collect...ookieSupport=1

Since he uses several pens per signature http://washingtonscene.thehill.com/i...gn-healthcare-

In this case 20 lets give it an average of 150 per pen that is 3000 dollars of tax money used to sign one bill. How often he signs is not something I care to look up but you can bet his pen spending is in the millions by the time he leaves office.

It is my opinion that the budget can be balanced but it would have to be pulled apart into each separate expense which would probably take several years.