Friday, April 06, 2012

It's Only $15,617,723,000,000.00

From the Associated Press:
WASHINGTON (AP) --
Figures on government spending and debt (last six digits are eliminated). The government's fiscal year runs Oct. 1 through Sept. 30.
Total public debt subject to limit April 4 15,574,371
Statutory debt limit 16,394,000
Total public debt outstanding April 4 15,617,723
Operating balance April 4 56,774
Interest fiscal year 2012 through February 99,386
Interest same period 2011 94,459
Deficit fiscal year 2012 through February 580,830
Deficit same period 2011 641,264
Receipts fiscal year 2012 through February 893,169
Receipts same period 2011 869,003
Outlays fiscal year 2012 through February 1,473,999
Outlays same period 2011 1,510,266
Gold assets in March 11,041

[LAST SIX DIGITS ARE ELIMINATED!]

Just try wrapping your Brain Housing Group around that.

BZ

6 comments:

  1. And with a straight face the administration will act as though $15.6 trillion is OK.

    Incredible.

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  2. I need duct tape first... sigh

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  3. Maybe Obama and Biden need to get hit with that flashy pen thing...

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  4. Fred, if that flashy pen thing is a BIG BOLT of lightening, then I 100% agree!!

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  5. OMG... LOL!!! @TF. The American Public has been hit by that "Flashy Pen Thing" because if they remembered anything about common sense (aka how our grandparents lived), Obama would never have been elected, IMHO! Great post and point made BZ.

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  6. CMB: but, unfortunately, he was. Thanks for the kudos.

    BZ

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