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Libertytree
13th August 2011, 12:33 PM
Borrowed from the web, anonymous.


1. Take the actual numbers from our government's spending.
2. remove the last 8 zero's and pretend the results are YOUR family budget.

• Total annual income: $21,700
• Amount of money 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 with recent "deal:" $385

JohnQPublic
13th August 2011, 12:37 PM
Well, gee, I am glad that they were able to do something! [/sarcasm]