Keeping Notes
Saturday September 17, 2011
Project Idea: Drill-down on Census Data: Number of local governments
drilldown on the table in the bottom right corner of of Local Governments
Wednesday September 14, 2011
Why The U.S. Credit Rating Was Downgraded
This states it in simple terms.
. U.S. Tax revenue: $2,170,000,000,000
. Fed budget: $3,820,000,000,000
. New debt: $ 1,650,000,000,000
. National debt: $14,271,000,000,000
. Recent budget cut: $ 38,500,000,000 Let's remove 8 zeros and pretend it's a household budget:
. Annual family income: $21,700
. Money the family spent: $38,200
. New debt on the credit card: $16,500
. Outstanding balance on the credit card: $142,710
. Total budget cuts: $385
. Fed budget: $3,820,000,000,000
. New debt: $ 1,650,000,000,000
. National debt: $14,271,000,000,000
. Recent budget cut: $ 38,500,000,000 Let's remove 8 zeros and pretend it's a household budget:
. Annual family income: $21,700
. Money the family spent: $38,200
. New debt on the credit card: $16,500
. Outstanding balance on the credit card: $142,710
. Total budget cuts: $385
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