If you want to balance the budget without raising taxes or cutting defense, Social Security, and Medicare, you'd probably have to fire nearly every park ranger and cut 70% of anti-poverty spending

• Republicans want to reduce the deficit, and they've suggested a range of areas to cut spending.
• An analysis from the Committee for a Responsible Budget found balancing the budget would require some massive cuts.
• That is, if tax increases, defense spending, Social Security, and Medicare remain off the table.

Right now, all eyes are on what Congress wants to spend on — or decide to chip away at.