President Obama proposed a budget for 2011 with a deficit of nearly $ 1 trillion . Fareed Zakaria says America 's failure to solve its fiscal problem hurts international image . And it is because , as the president points out , the budget was broken in the first place . He says a simple set of common spending measures could put the budget back on track . Zakaria : Fixes politically untenable because parties wo n't compromise to find solutions .
President Obama proposed a budget for 2011 with a deficit of nearly $ 1 trillion . Fareed Zakaria says America 's failure to solve its fiscal problem hurts international image . He says a simple set of common spending measures could put the budget back on track . Zakaria : Fixes politically untenable because parties wo n't compromise to find solutions .