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April 29, 2009
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I did something similar, although less dramatic, in one of my recent Facebook status updates. I figured out that cutting $100 million in expenses out of a $3.5 trillion budget is the equivalent of cutting $2.86 in expenses out of a budget of $100,000.
So, Obama's announcement about the $100 million budget cut is the equivalent of a person who makes $100,000/year telling you that he's tightening his belt by cutting his spending by $2.86 for the year. Wow, that wouldn't even buy him a Happy Meal!
Either Obama thinks we're all idiots who will buy this tripe or he's immensely self-deluded. Perhaps it's both, as these two theories are not mutually exclusive.
Posted by: Adam Mossoff | April 29, 2009 at 01:12 PM
Fantastic! A great visual.
Posted by: KenWilson | April 29, 2009 at 02:56 PM
And somehow I just kept thinking about the penalty for defacing our currency by cutting it into quarters.
Posted by: Dave | May 04, 2009 at 07:43 PM
Nice video. It occurred to me this morning that you could make this point by putting the numbers in "hundreds of millions". Thanks for prompting me to blog it:
http://rebootcongress.blogspot.com/2009/05/100-million-out-of-35-trillion.html
Posted by: dsm | May 04, 2009 at 09:48 PM