If this doesn't simplify what these idiots (on both sides of the aisle) in Washington are doing, nothing will!
From the federal Budget Office ...
The U.S. Congress sets a federal budget every year in the trillions of dollars.
Few people know how much money that is so we created a breakdown of federal spending in simple terms. Let's put the 2011 federal budget into perspective:
* U.S. income: $2,170,000,000,000
* Federal budget: $3,820,000,000,000
* New debt: $ 1,650,000,000,000
* National debt: $14,271,000,000,000
* Recent budget cut: $ 38,500,000,000 (about 1 percent of the budget)
It helps to think about these numbers in terms that we can relate to.
Let's remove eight zeros from these numbers and pretend this is the household budget for the fictitious Jones family.
* Total annual income for the Jones family: $21,700 * Amount of money the Jones family spent: $38,200 * Amount of new debt added to the credit card: $16,500 * Outstanding balance on the credit card: $142,710 * Amount cut from the budget: $385
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You hear that both parties are to blame for our current status. Well “both parties are to blame”
Try this experiment. Have any democrat name ONE agency they’d close
In the government school system numbers of that scale are unfathonable. Instead they learn precious lessens about life like Johnny's two Mommies, Sally's two Daddies, how to apply a condom over a banana and sex education at 11 years old.
MORE NUMBERS WE ARE ALL FACING:
I cant wait for Zero's next campagin speech on his #1 priority since 2009 JOB JOBS "I wake up everydsay thinking about jobs and its the last think I think of at night before I go to bed"
$14.3 Trillion: Current National Debt. (U.S. Treasury Department, Accessed 8/3/11)
$3.7 Trillion: Amount Added To The National Debt Since Obama Took Office. (U.S. Treasury Department, Accessed 8/3/11)
$2.6 Trillion: True Cost Of ObamaCare Once Fully Implemented. (Office Of The Speaker Of The U.S. House Of Representatives, Report, 1/6/11)
$1.75 Trillion: Annual Cost Of Federal Regulations. (Small Business Administration, September 2010)
$1.42 Trillion: Federal Budget Deficit For FY2009 – Highest In U.S. History. (CBO, 10/7/10)
$1.29 Trillion: Federal Budget Deficit For FY2010 – Second Highest In U.S. History. (CBO, 10/7/10)
$1.15 Trillion: American Debt Held By China. (U.S. Treasury Department, Accessed 8/3/11)
$973 Billion: Federal Budget Deficit For The First Nine Months Of FY2011 (CBO, 7/8/11)
$831 Billion: Price Tag Of Obama’s Failed Stimulus. (CBO, 5/25/11)
$575 Billion: Amount Of Medicare Cuts In ObamaCare. (CMS Chief Actuary Richard S. Foster, Memo, 4/22/10)
$491.7 Billion: Amount Of Taxes In ObamaCare. (Letter to Speaker Nancy Pelosi, 3/18/10; Joint Committee On Taxation, 3/20/10)
$160 Billion: Taxpayer Funds For Fannie Mae And Freddie Mac. (Bloomberg, 6/13/11)
$108.7 Billion: Projected Cost Of New Regulations For FY2011. (American Action Network, 7/8/11)
$24 Billion: Stimulus Funds Sent To Tax Cheats. (Government Accountability Office, April 2011)
45.7 Million: Americans Receiving Food Stamps. (Department Of Agriculture, 8/1/11)
$18 Million: Cost Of The Stimulus Website Recovery.org. (ABC News’ “The Note“ Blog, 7/8/09)
14.0 Million: Unemployed Americans. (Bureau of Labor Statistics, Accessed 8/3/11)
8.6 Million: Americans Working Part-Time For Economic Reasons. (Bureau of Labor Statistics, Accessed 8/3/11)
6.8 Million: Foreclosure Filings Since Obama Took Office. (RealtyTrac, Accessed 8/3/11)
6.3 Million: Americans Unemployed 27 Weeks Or Longer. (Bureau of Labor Statistics, Accessed 8/3/11)
3.8 Million: Increase In The Number Of People Who Were In Poverty In 2009 Over 2008. (NPR, 9/16/10)
3.2 Million: Workers Granted Waivers So That ObamaCare Would Not Outlaw Their Health Care Plan. (HHS.gov, Accessed 8/3/11)
2.5 Million: Jobs Lost Since Obama Took Office. (Bureau of Labor Statistics, Accessed 8/3/11)
2.0 Million: Private Sector Jobs Lost Since Obama Took Office. (Bureau of Labor Statistics, Accessed 8/3/11)
1.8 Million: Jobs Lost Since Obama’s Stimulus Was Passed. (Bureau of Labor Statistics, Accessed 8/3/11)
1.35 Million: Amount Former Wall Street Lobbyists Bundled For Obama And the DNC. (OpenSecrets.org, 7/22/11)
1.3 Million: Private Sector Jobs Lost Since Stimulus Was Passed. (Bureau of Labor Statistics, Accessed 8/3/11)
1.0 Million: Construction Jobs Lost Since Obama Took Office. (Bureau of Labor Statistics, Accessed 8/3/11)
982,000: Americans That Have Given Up Looking For Work. (Bureau of Labor Statistics, Accessed 8/3/11)
852,000: Manufacturing Jobs Lost Since Obama Took Office. (Bureau of Labor Statistics, Accessed 8/3/11)
709,303: Personal Bankruptcies During First Half Of 2011. (The Wall Street Journal, 7/5/11)
633,500: Avoided Foreclosure Through HAMP, Obama Had Promised To Help As Many As Nine Million. (The Wall Street Journal, 7/1/11; President Obama, Remarks In Mesa, AZ, 2/18/09)
$278,000: Cost Per A Stimulus Job. (The Weekly Standard, 7/6/11)
89,000: The Number Of Stimulus Checks Sent To Dead Or Incarcerated People. (The Wall Street Journal, 10/7/10)
$46,453: Your Share Of The National Debt. (U.S. Treasury Department Accessed 8/3/11; U.S. Census Bureau, Accessed 8/3/11)
$15,500: Annual Cost Per Household Of Federal Regulations. (Small Business Administration, September 2010)
Funny how it always boils down to insufficently pursuing liberal policies, never the policies themselves. Like the gambler sitting in front of the slot machine – the next dollar will hit it big, the machine is ready. That next dollar is always just beyond what’s in our (taxpayers)pocket.
Remember Monica got the cigar, but wasn’t a winner, either.
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