For you accountants and non-accountants
This makes it much easier to understand.
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
Got It?
OK now:
Lesson # 2:
Here's another way to look at the Debt Ceiling:
You come home from work and find there has been a sewer
backup in your
neighborhood and your home has sewage all the way up to
your ceilings.
What do you think you should do? Raise the ceilings, or
pump out the
crap? Your choice is coming Nov. 2012
This makes it much easier to understand.
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
Got It?
OK now:
Lesson # 2:
Here's another way to look at the Debt Ceiling:
You come home from work and find there has been a sewer
backup in your
neighborhood and your home has sewage all the way up to
your ceilings.
What do you think you should do? Raise the ceilings, or
pump out the
crap? Your choice is coming Nov. 2012
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