On The Federal Budget (for Dummies)

People often have a hard time grasping or relating to talk on the news in which money mounts in the 'billions' or 'trillions' of dollars are being discussed.  Without an understandable frame of reference it is easy to see why most people don't really understand what is really going on in the world. 

So to do my part, I figured I would cut through the confusion and do the math for you using a skill I mastered somewhere on the road through my Minor Mathematics Decree: It is called 'Division'.

Below is a human relatable 'scale model' if you will, of the amounts of money spent on some recently controversial items.

[Note For Other Math Geniuses Such As Myself:  You can recreate my model by simply dividing any number you hear on the news by 1 $billion.  For additional reference, $1 trillion == $1000 billion.]

So without further ado, here is how your taxes are being spent (in human readable form):

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Keeping Iraqi's from accessing their own oil at gunpoint (or from forming their own democracy) so Haliburton can have their oil instead:

* Over $1,000 *

Paying off the rich banker who still took your house:

* $1,300 *

A one time check from Obama to your gramma to buy *either* food or medicine (the only item the 'liberal' media debates whether we can really afford):

* 14 bucks *

Pulling one over on the American Public in broad daylight and robbing them blind:

* Priceless! *

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I hope that was helpful. ;-) 

Remember: We are the number one spenders on defense (that means war), spending more than the next 15 countries combined! Our education system produces students that average 27th best in the world across all subjects!!! (I guess it is easier to convince someone to drop bombs for you if they are not all that bright.)

Team America! F*** YEAH!

Happy 'we repayed the Indians kindness with genocide' day!

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