The Federal Deficit by Dave Barry

[LordOpie]

Q. What is the federal budget deficit?

A. It is a gigantic number of dollars -- like 300 jillion skillion drillion -- that the federal government is spending, despite not actually having it.

Q. Is that legal?

A. It is if you have nuclear weapons.
more (http://www.miami.com/mld/miamiherald/living/columnists/dave_barry/8121224.htm)
holy crap for crap, that guy's funny.

[Tenchiro]

Originally posted by LordOpie
holy crap for crap, that guy's funny.

Dave Berry is just a filthy Dim, who obviously knows nothing about budgeting, much less how the GOP operates. :monkey:

[$tinkle]

you wanna crap yourself messy? check this out: http://federalist.com/alexander/edition.asp?id=244

highlightPresident Bush's proposed fiscal year 2005 budget includes estimated deficit spending of $541 billion, though he proposes to cut the annual federal budget deficit in half by 2009. To put that in perspective, next year's deficit almost exceeds the total federal budget of $600 billion proposed by Ronald Reagan in his first year as President. Concurrently, Congress is endeavoring to legislate a balanced budget by 2014. The feasibility of both these goals is dependent on the rates of growth in both mandatory and discretionary spending, and, of course, the strength of the economy. aww hell, read the whole thing, bearing in mind it's written by true republicans.