My only question remains, ignorant or subversive?

Obama to seek ‘fiscally sustainable path,’ not balanced budget

White house press secretary Jay Carney said: “And that is the president’s goal: Deficit reduction large enough to put our economy on a fiscally sustainable path so that the ratio of debt-to-GDP is below 3 percent for a period of time that would allow concurrently, through investments and other policy decisions, allow the economy to grow.”