Thursday, April 7, 2011

Is That A Threat Or A Promise?

So the Federal Government might shut down. 


Well, no, probably not forever.  Sorry to get your hopes up.  But I wonder what would happen if the government really did shut down, just for one day...

The total estimated expenditures for the Federal Government for fiscal year 2011 total 3.82 trillion dollars.  Let's break it down:

$3,820,000,000,000 divided by 365 days = $10,465,753,424

Huh.  Really?  Our government spends over $10 billion PER DAY?  Is that what the taxpayers will save, then, if there's a shutdown?  If we divide that number by 308 million (the total US population), it would mean that for each day the government is shut down, every man, woman, and child in the country should receive a $34 tax credit! 

What?  Is that not how it works? 

Obama's spending request for fiscal year 2012 is $3.729 trillion.  The controversial GOP budget proposal for 2012 is $3.5 trillion.  Big whoop, only $229 billion saved. 

But if the federal government shuts down for two days each month during fiscal year 2012, we can save MORE than the GOP is proposing, without cutting a single program (24 days x $10.4 billion = $249 billion).

So I vote for that.  Happy furlough!  

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