Posted on 04/10/2013 8:56:37 AM PDT by Sub-Driver
According to OMB's tables, the federal government would spend$3.7778 trillion in fiscal 2014 under Obama's budget proposal. It would then spend $3.9801 trillion in fiscal 2015; $4.0898 trillion in fiscal 2016; and $4.2474 trillion in fiscal 2017. Obama will leave office on Jan. 20, 2017, about four months into fiscal 2017. In fiscal 2007, according to the OMB's tables, the federal government ran a deficit of $160.7 billion. In fiscal 2008, that climbed to $458.5 billion. President Obama took office on Jan. 20, 2009, about four months into fiscal 2009.
Is it possible that low information voters lack information of the magnitude of $4 Trillion?
$4.00
$40.00
$400.00
$4,000.00 ($4 Thousand)
$40,000.00
$400,000.00
$4,000,000.00 ($4 Million)
$40,000,000.00
$400,000,000.00
$4,000,000,000.00 ($4 Billion)
$40,000,000,000.00
$400,000,000,000.00
$4,000,000,000,000.00 ($4 Trillion)
4 Trillion is $4 Million Million.
Have you heard of someone winning a $4 million lottery drawing? That is a tidy sum to win but it represents only 0.0001% of $4 Trillion.
If you counted from 1 to 4 Trillion by advancing the count once every second it would take
4 Seconds to count to $4
40 Seconds to count to $40
400 Seconds to count to $400
4,000 Seconds to count to $4,000
40,000 Seconds to count to $40,000
400,000 Seconds to count to $400,000
4,000,000 Seconds to count to $4,000,000
40,000,000 Seconds to count to $40,000,000 (Over 1 Year)
400,000,000 Seconds to count to $400,000,000 (Over 10 Years)
4,000,000,000 Seconds to count to $4,000,000,000 (Over 100 Years)
40,000,000,000 Seconds to count to $40,000,000,000 (Over 1,000 Years)
400,000,000,000 Seconds to count to $400,000,000,000 (Over 10,000 Years)
4,000,000,000,000 Seconds to count to $4,000,000,000,000 (Over 100,000 Years)
Americas US National Debt is rapidly approaching $17 Trillion, which would take over 500,000 years to count.
The US Total Debt is near $60 Trillion, which would take nearly 2 Million years to count.
Adding the US Unfunded Liabilities from Social Security, Prescription Drugs, and Medicare, the total is over $120 Trillion, which would take nearly 2 Million years to count.
Could it be that these greater numbers overshadow the deficit and debt numbers? Please take a peek at the US Debt Clock from time to time. There is a lot more information than the debt to discover.
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