Sen. Toomey Talks with Andrea Mitchell about the 2012 Budget and the Debt Limit

RE Budget Deficit
Combine Big Government Income with Better Consumer Choice:

Taxation, not today’s consumer restrictive regulations,
on Buildings, Cars, Light Bulbs etc according to energy usage (http://ceolas.net/#nea8x )
Free markets are best, but are already curtailed by the regulations today:
Taxation can cover cheaper energy efficient alternatives,
so people are not just hit by taxes in getting more freedom of product choice than today,
- and taxes are easier to remove when not needed, compared to more permanent regulatory bans.