Friday, September 9, 2011

Just a Matter of removing a lot of Zeroes

Why the US was downgraded...

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 cut: $ 38,500,000,000

Let's 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
Other Loans: $450,000*

Total budget cuts: $385.


* US contingent Liabilies are about 2-5 times national Debt.


We are so in trouble.....



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