Simple Math

.                Simple Math         

U.S. income: $2,170,000,000,000
Federal 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  

                 Mind boggling numbers, to be sure.
        But remove eight zeros and look at them as
        a family budget. 

Total annual income for the Jones family: $21,700
Amount of money the Jones family spent: $38,200
Amount of new debt added to the credit card: $16,500
Outstanding balance on the credit card: $142,710
Amount cut from the budget: $385 

  A friend sent this clever illustration of nonsensical federal budgeting, but we don't know to whom to attribute it.  

Spotted this on Wrisley.com today. Budget insanity explained in a nutshell.