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This really puts it in perspective. Regardless of your political persuasion it appears both parties are totally incompetent

This cuts thru all the political doublespeak we get.
It puts it into a much better perspective.
Copied from an email this AM...don't know how accurate it is...but ya get the picture


Lesson # 1:

* U.S. Tax revenue: $2,170,000,000,000
* Fed budget: $3,820,000,000,000
* New debt: $ 1,650,000,000,000
* National debt: $14,271,000,000,000
* Recent budget cuts: $ 38,500,000,000

Let's now remove 8 zeros and pretend it's a household budget:

* Annual family income: $21,700
* Money the family spent: $38,200
* New debt on the credit card: $16,500
* Outstanding balance on the credit card: $142,710
* Total budget cuts: $385