NY Times Breakdown of 2012 Budget

[wuapinmon]

This is a cool tool:

http://www.nytimes.com/packages/html...get/index.html

For example, it costs each household over $4k per year just to service the national debt. :yikes:

[Moliere]

This is a cool tool:

http://www.nytimes.com/packages/html...get/index.html

For example, it costs each household over $4k per year just to service the national debt. :yikes:

Actually, the anticipated amount of tax revenue in 2012 should be about 55% of total expenditures (based on Feb 2011 figures, I didn't bother to look up subsequent changes), only $2,200 from each household is going to service the debt and we are borrowing another $1,800 per household to service the debt