While Congress has been in gridlock for weeks over debt talks, ABC News asked five regular Americans--varying in age, gender and ideology--what measures they would take to raise the debt ceiling and cut federal spending. After looking at possible tax increases, subsidies and entitlement, the group came up with $2.5 trillion in deficit reduction. And it only took an hour.

Some specific adjustments they made to the budget:

• They said no to eliminating home mortgage deduction
• They agreed on raising the retirement age to 68
• They agreed to increasing the corporate tax rate by 1 percent
• They agreed on ending ethanol and farm subsidies

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