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Here a Trillion, There a Trillion

Seriously, let's just stop counting.  It's just getting too depressing.  No one likes counting 12 zeroes.

At capacity, we as a country are able to crank out about 14 of these trillions each year.

The long-term average ratio of government spending to GDP is about 20%, meaning at full capacity, we float a little less than $3 trillion in government spending each year.

In the first two months of the Hopenchange Times, we've thus far committed to spend an incremental $6-7 trillion or so.  At this rate, we'll hit the 11th zero within the next few weeks.

No one wants that.  And there's no reasonable expectation that we can stop this spending train, so your best bet is just to close your eyes and stop counting.

If Carter heralded Reagan, then Obama must be heralding some kind of gamma powered mechanical Reagan, with freeway on-ramps for arms and a heart as black as coal...

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Here a Trillion, There a Trillion

Seriously, let's just stop counting.  It's just getting too depressing.  No one likes counting 12 zeroes.

At capacity, we as a country are able to crank out about 14 of these trillions each year.

The long-term average ratio of government spending to GDP is about 20%, meaning at full capacity, we float a little less than $3 trillion in government spending each year.

In the first two months of the Hopenchange Times, we've thus far committed to spend an incremental $6-7 trillion or so.  At this rate, we'll hit the 11th zero within the next few weeks.

No one wants that.  And there's no reasonable expectation that we can stop this spending train, so your best bet is just to close your eyes and stop counting.

If Carter heralded Reagan, then Obama must be heralding some kind of gamma powered mechanical Reagan, with freeway on-ramps for arms and a heart as black as coal...