F. George McDuffee wrote:
On Sun, 27 Mar 2011 04:28:59 -0700, "azotic"
wrote:
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The program's spending has grown so rapidly that it is projected to run
out of money in four to seven years unless Congress intervenes.
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Simple extrapolation of the revenue, deficit, and
expenditure lines for all levels of government in the US
from local/municipal to federal indicates a socio-economic
crackup within this time frame.

It seems like no matter what graph you look at these days, it looks
like some kind of "hockey stick."

Here's a kind of scary one:
http://www.thoughtfulhouse.org/tech-...ies/autism.php

Wouldn't it be interesting to have some mathematician determine if
these graphs are merely exponential, or asymptotic? (with the asymptote
itself at, say, 12/12/12) :-

Cheers!
Rich