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To: reaganaut1

That is about a 2.8% cut.


12 posted on 04/20/2009 6:40:10 AM PDT by jokyfo (JESUS CHRIST: The Light of the world... AMERICA: The light of freedom.)
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To: jokyfo

“That is about a 2.8% cut”

You need help in Math. LOL.


19 posted on 04/20/2009 6:43:50 AM PDT by Boanarges
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To: jokyfo

Close- it’s about a 0.0028% cut.


24 posted on 04/20/2009 6:46:12 AM PDT by Konacoast (Mohamed was a community organizer.)
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To: jokyfo
That is about a 2.8% cut.

Actually, out of a $3.7 TRILLION budget, it is a 0.0027% cut. In more relative terms, if you made $100,000 a year, it would equal a $2.70 per year pay cut...

55 posted on 04/20/2009 7:08:27 AM PDT by Wyatt's Torch (I can explain it to you. I can't understand it for you.)
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To: jokyfo

2.8%? - That is pretty fuzzy math


60 posted on 04/20/2009 7:12:53 AM PDT by beekay
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To: jokyfo

since the fed now has sucked up 28.3% of GDP, if they would cut THAT by 2.8%, we’d have a good starting point....


67 posted on 04/20/2009 7:17:28 AM PDT by griswold3 (a good story is more compelling than the search for truth)
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To: jokyfo

0.0028% actually.


86 posted on 04/20/2009 7:50:15 AM PDT by Straight Vermonter (Posting from deep behind the Maple Curtain)
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