Comments on: Budget Hero http://greencouple.com/2008/05/30/budget-hero/ Learning to live green and live together Tue, 06 Jan 2009 08:21:19 +0000 http://wordpress.org/?v=2.6.3 By: Srini Radhakrishna http://greencouple.com/2008/05/30/budget-hero/#comment-783 Srini Radhakrishna Wed, 04 Jun 2008 20:30:13 +0000 http://greencouple.com/?p=219#comment-783 I was part of the team at American Public Media that produced Budget Hero, and have enjoyed reading the spirited discussion and debate that the game has sparked. We hoped the game would get people talking about the federal budget, and it appears on that score it's been a success. We've also been monitoring comments to find suggestions for improving the game, ideas for new policy options, or to spot technical problems. Based on the feedback that we've received here and elsewhere, we've added several new policy options to the game: End No Child Left Behind (Schools & Learning) Increase NSF grants by 50 percent (Science & Nature) Cut NSF grants by 50 percent (Science & Nature) Double funds for alternative energy (Science & Nature) Ground the space program (Science & Nature) Stop exploring Earth from space (Science & Nature) Increase NASA funds by 50 percent (Science & Nature) Sorry, but you'll need to play the game again to see how much each of these spends or saves! We'll be adding more options to the game as new policy proposals crop up during the campaign season. If you have any other ideas for cards we should add, or any further suggestions or feedback, please send them to me at budgethero@mpr.org. Srini Radhakrishna I was part of the team at American Public Media that produced Budget Hero, and have enjoyed reading the spirited discussion and debate that the game has sparked. We hoped the game would get people talking about the federal budget, and it appears on that score it’s been a success.

We’ve also been monitoring comments to find suggestions for improving the game, ideas for new policy options, or to spot technical problems.

Based on the feedback that we’ve received here and elsewhere, we’ve added several new policy options to the game:

End No Child Left Behind (Schools & Learning)
Increase NSF grants by 50 percent (Science & Nature)
Cut NSF grants by 50 percent (Science & Nature)
Double funds for alternative energy (Science & Nature)
Ground the space program (Science & Nature)
Stop exploring Earth from space (Science & Nature)
Increase NASA funds by 50 percent (Science & Nature)

Sorry, but you’ll need to play the game again to see how much each of these spends or saves!

We’ll be adding more options to the game as new policy proposals crop up during the campaign season. If you have any other ideas for cards we should add, or any further suggestions or feedback, please send them to me at budgethero@mpr.org.

Srini Radhakrishna

]]> By: arduous http://greencouple.com/2008/05/30/budget-hero/#comment-716 arduous Tue, 03 Jun 2008 07:34:06 +0000 http://greencouple.com/?p=219#comment-716 Oh geez, now I know what I'm going to be spending all my free time playing!! Sigh. I'm a nerd. Oh geez, now I know what I’m going to be spending all my free time playing!!

Sigh. I’m a nerd.

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