Sunday, April 11, 2004
 
The Bone? I Cut To The Marrow, and Sucked It!

Think you can do better than Congress? Here's the National Budget Simulation, where you can set budget priorities and adjust taxes. Your hero, or mine anyway, scored thusly:

    Budget Totals

    Old budget was $3251.488 billion
    ($2264.172 billion in spending, $987.316 billion in tax expenditures and cuts).

    New budget is $1727.29 billion
    ($1318.51 billion in spending, $408.78 billion in tax expenditures and cuts).

    You have cut the deficit by $1524.2 billion.

    Your new deficit is $-1167.19 billion.

    Oops!

    You've cut so much that the federal budget now contains a substantial surplus. Many economists warn that this budget may help induce or prolong a recession, and ordinary citizens demand a refund. You might want to cut taxes or raise spending.
Oops? That's not a bug, it's a feature!

(Link seen on The Agitator.)

- posted by Brian J. @ 7:44 PM
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