"Jim Thompson" wrote in message
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US Budget for Dummies.... (from http://tinyurl.com/cv3wlwx )

* 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

Lets now remove 8 zeros and pretend its 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 so far: $38.50

As I see it, the last item in the above 'household budget' is what most of
the discussion is about. Whose ox will be gored? All will be gored? Then
whose ox will be gored the most and who can most afford their ox to be gored
and who deserves their fat-ass ox to be gored and who needs their ox
desperately and whose ox is entitled ... tired of this ****. Just me.