Real federal deficit dwarfs official tally

[Dammy]

http://www.usatoday.com/news/washington/story/2012-05-18/federal-deficit-accounting/55179748/1

The typical American household would have paid nearly all of its income in taxes last year to balance the budget if the government used standard accounting rules to compute the deficit, a USA TODAY analysis finds.​

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[Dammy]

http://usdebtclock.org/

 

[Fade]

Hey, it's just another form of wealth redistribution. If the tax payers won't hand it over voluntarily, then the government gets to take it away from you by borrowing against your future earnings.

Democrats like Faethor and Cecilia like it that way. (as long as it doesn't creep into their pay bracket.)
Socialists like McDeath think it's the only fair way to do things. (as long as it is somebody else's future earnings.)