THUMBS ON THE SCALEMcCain’s ridiculous budget “plan” – balance the budget in four years (as if balancing the budget is the biggest economic problem we face right now). How? This is where you start laughing: cut taxes (making the deficit bigger), then eliminate “waste, fraud, and abuse” (where?); cut “earmarks” (which ones?); and – the best part – save a lot of money by ending the Iraq war (when?