US Cash Flow Made Simple

From G. Edward Griffin's weekly newsletter:

US CASH FLOW MADE SIMPLE
2011 Sep 21 from Dennis Schliewe 

This is so simple a third grader can understand it. But Politicians can't, so pay attention to who you vote for in the next election:

US TAX REVENUE: $2,170,000,000,000 (TRILLION)
FED BUDGET: $3,820,000,000,000 (TRILLION)
NEW DEBT: $1,650,000,000,000 (TRILLION)
NATIONAL DEBT: $14,271,000,000,000 (TRILLION)
RECENT BUDGET CUT: $38,500,000,000 (BILLION)

Now 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
OWED BALANCE ON CREDIT CARD: $142,710
TOTAL BUDGET CUTS: $385

Not bad, huh?  Sounds like a nice way to solve spending problems and run a great government.  :-)  This country is rapidly going the way of any other failed attempt at empire.