"budget minus the zeros....fools...we are DOOOMED..not legion of doom"
Edited by Author at 2/22/2012 - 9:55 a.m.
* U.S. Tax revenue: $2,170,000,000,000
* Fed budget: $3,820,000,000,000 (Actually no new budget for over 1,000 days)
* 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
