01-17-2012, 09:35
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Join Date: May 2007
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Originally Posted by glebo
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
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