Guest BROWNer Posted October 14, 2003 Share Posted October 14, 2003 a little perspective on $87billion Quote Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
Guest imported_El Mamerro Posted October 14, 2003 Share Posted October 14, 2003 Jesus fucking Christ... Quote Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
S@T@N Posted October 14, 2003 Share Posted October 14, 2003 Haha wow. I'm forwarding that to my old calculus teacher, he'll shit a brick. Quote Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
iloveboxcars Posted October 14, 2003 Share Posted October 14, 2003 Odd, I think I might have posted this a week ago, and if I didn't then I was meaning to. But yeah, definately a good uh.. thingie. (excuse my haven't slept in a coon's age words) Quote Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
shaolinmasta Posted October 14, 2003 Share Posted October 14, 2003 http://www.crunchweb.net/87billion/dubya.jpg'> Mmmm drug's are bad mmkay Quote Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
Swiffer Jet Posted October 14, 2003 Share Posted October 14, 2003 Originally posted by El Mamerro Jesus fucking Christ... Quote Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
ok Posted October 14, 2003 Share Posted October 14, 2003 how the fuck did he become ur president??? Quote Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
iloveboxcars Posted October 14, 2003 Share Posted October 14, 2003 Alot of factors played into his becoming president. Quote Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
SteveAustin Posted October 14, 2003 Share Posted October 14, 2003 puts somewhat of a perspective on it doesn't it? Quote Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
ubejinxed Posted October 14, 2003 Share Posted October 14, 2003 ugg. one more reason i cannot stand this man. Quote Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
Guest Posted October 14, 2003 Share Posted October 14, 2003 ^ I didnt vote for him. dont blame me! Quote Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
!@#$% Posted October 14, 2003 Share Posted October 14, 2003 Bush=Evil Incarnate i once read a comparison like the above. if you picked up one dollar every second ..it would take you 12 DAYS to pick up one MILLION. ..it would take just over 36 YEARS to pick up a BILLION ..kinda puts it in perspective. i like that table. most people cannot grasp 87 000 000 000 do something..sign a petition rejecting the 87B blank check at www.moveon.org Quote Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
26SidedCube Posted October 14, 2003 Share Posted October 14, 2003 That's absolutely fucking absurd.... I just sent that to an old highschool teacher, he should have a blast with it. Good lookin. Can someone tell me where to BEGIN to criticize this guy? It's honestly gotten to the point where when people start talking about the Bush Admin. I sit button-lipped due to the fact there is no way to summarize how much of a fucking three-ring sideshow the past 3 years have been without committing to a 4 hour conversation... Quote Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
nomadawhat Posted October 14, 2003 Share Posted October 14, 2003 i am going to test this theory.... $$$$$ send me your $1 bills. Quote Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
Poop Man Bob Posted October 14, 2003 Share Posted October 14, 2003 More madness: From Tom Paine: On September 7th, President Bush asked Congress for an additional $87 billion for the war in Iraq, acknowledging that the engagement in Iraq is going to cost many hundreds of billions of dollars. This was a surprise considering that prior to the war, the administration dismissed such estimates, and even fired its top economic adviser, Lawrence Lindsey, for suggesting those estimates were correct. To get some perspective, here are some real-life comparisons about what $87 billion means. $87b Is More Than The Combined Total Of All State Budget Deficits In The United States The Bush administration proposed absolutely zero funds to help states deal with these deficits, despite the fact that their tax cuts drove down state revenues. [source: Center on Budget and Policy Priorities] $87b Is Rougly The Total Of Two Years Worth Of All U.S. Unemployment Benefits The U.S. spends about $50 billion a year on unemployment insurance. At least 1.1 million people have exhausted all of their unemployment benefits without finding a job, and yet Congress has refused to extend benefits. [source: Center on Budget and Policy Priorities] $87b Is Enough To Pay The 3.3 Million People Who Have Lost Jobs $26,363 Each The unemployment benefits extension passed by Congress at the beginning of this year provides zero benefits to "workers who exhausted their regular, state unemployment benefits and cannot find work." All told, two thirds of unemployed workers have exhausted their benefits. [source: Center on Budget and Policy Priorities] $87b Is More Than Double The Total Amount The Government Spends On Homeland Security The U.S. spends about $36 billion on homeland security. Yet, Sen. Warren Rudman (R-N.H.) wrote "America will fall approximately $98.4 billion short of meeting critical emergency responder needs" for homeland security without a funding increase. [source: Council on Foreign Relations] $87b Is 7 Times What The Government Spends On Title I For Low-Income Schools President Bush proposed a budget of just $12 billion for Title I, leaving a $6.2 billion hole in what he promised to spend on Title I in his No Child Left Behind Bill. [source: House Appropriations Committee] $87b Is 87 Times The Amount The Federal Government Spends On After School Programs President Bush proposed a budget that reduces the $1 billion for after-school programs to $600 million -- cutting off about 475,000 children from the program. [souce: House Appropriations Committee] $87b Is About 9 Times What The Federal Government Spends On Special Education Legislation authorizes the federal government to pay 40 percent of the cost of special education, but because of budget shortfalls, it only pays roughly 18 percent (or $9.9 billion), driving up local property taxes. [source: House Appropriations Committee] $87b Is More Than 10 Times What The Government Spends On All Environmental Protection The Bush administration requested just $7.6 billion for the entire Environmental Protection Agency. This included a 32 percent cut to water quality grants, a 6 percent reduction in enforcement staff, and a 50 percent cut to land acquisition and conservation. [source: Natural Resources Defense Council] $87b Is 8 Times The Total For Pell Grants -- The Major College Program In The U.S. In 1975, when the Pell Grant program was established, it financed about 84 percent of the cost of attending a four-year public college. Today, that share is down to about 40 percent, and under Congress’s current proposal to freeze Pell Grant funding at about $10 billion, it would drop to 38 percent. [source: House Appropriations Committee] $87b Is More Than The Total Cost Of The First 3 Years Of The Medicare Pres. Drug Proposal [source: Congressional Budget Office] $87b Is Enough To Give Every Man, Woman And Child In America $300 Quote Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
king kong Posted October 14, 2003 Share Posted October 14, 2003 Re: More madness: Originally posted by Poop Man Bob From Tom Paine: On September 7th, President Bush asked Congress for an additional $87 billion for the war in Iraq, acknowledging that the engagement in Iraq is going to cost many hundreds of billions of dollars. This was a surprise considering that prior to the war, the administration dismissed such estimates, and even fired its top economic adviser, Lawrence Lindsey, for suggesting those estimates were correct. To get some perspective, here are some real-life comparisons about what $87 billion means. $87b Is More Than The Combined Total Of All State Budget Deficits In The United States The Bush administration proposed absolutely zero funds to help states deal with these deficits, despite the fact that their tax cuts drove down state revenues. [source: Center on Budget and Policy Priorities] $87b Is Rougly The Total Of Two Years Worth Of All U.S. Unemployment Benefits The U.S. spends about $50 billion a year on unemployment insurance. At least 1.1 million people have exhausted all of their unemployment benefits without finding a job, and yet Congress has refused to extend benefits. [source: Center on Budget and Policy Priorities] $87b Is Enough To Pay The 3.3 Million People Who Have Lost Jobs $26,363 Each The unemployment benefits extension passed by Congress at the beginning of this year provides zero benefits to "workers who exhausted their regular, state unemployment benefits and cannot find work." All told, two thirds of unemployed workers have exhausted their benefits. [source: Center on Budget and Policy Priorities] $87b Is More Than Double The Total Amount The Government Spends On Homeland Security The U.S. spends about $36 billion on homeland security. Yet, Sen. Warren Rudman (R-N.H.) wrote "America will fall approximately $98.4 billion short of meeting critical emergency responder needs" for homeland security without a funding increase. [source: Council on Foreign Relations] $87b Is 7 Times What The Government Spends On Title I For Low-Income Schools President Bush proposed a budget of just $12 billion for Title I, leaving a $6.2 billion hole in what he promised to spend on Title I in his No Child Left Behind Bill. [source: House Appropriations Committee] $87b Is 87 Times The Amount The Federal Government Spends On After School Programs President Bush proposed a budget that reduces the $1 billion for after-school programs to $600 million -- cutting off about 475,000 children from the program. [souce: House Appropriations Committee] $87b Is About 9 Times What The Federal Government Spends On Special Education Legislation authorizes the federal government to pay 40 percent of the cost of special education, but because of budget shortfalls, it only pays roughly 18 percent (or $9.9 billion), driving up local property taxes. [source: House Appropriations Committee] $87b Is More Than 10 Times What The Government Spends On All Environmental Protection The Bush administration requested just $7.6 billion for the entire Environmental Protection Agency. This included a 32 percent cut to water quality grants, a 6 percent reduction in enforcement staff, and a 50 percent cut to land acquisition and conservation. [source: Natural Resources Defense Council] $87b Is 8 Times The Total For Pell Grants -- The Major College Program In The U.S. In 1975, when the Pell Grant program was established, it financed about 84 percent of the cost of attending a four-year public college. Today, that share is down to about 40 percent, and under Congress’s current proposal to freeze Pell Grant funding at about $10 billion, it would drop to 38 percent. [source: House Appropriations Committee] $87b Is More Than The Total Cost Of The First 3 Years Of The Medicare Pres. Drug Proposal [source: Congressional Budget Office] $87b Is Enough To Give Every Man, Woman And Child In America $300 interesting Quote Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
king kong Posted October 14, 2003 Share Posted October 14, 2003 Originally posted by BROWNer a little perspective on $87billion also interesting Quote Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
i11igul Posted October 14, 2003 Share Posted October 14, 2003 hoo-rah, maggot....save the towel heads:mad: Quote Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
Father John Posted October 14, 2003 Share Posted October 14, 2003 omg it's like so big and I heear if you stack everyone up on the earth it could reach the moooon!...:rolleyes: Quote Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
taco bell bomber Posted October 14, 2003 Share Posted October 14, 2003 if i had that kinda money id be rich. Quote Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
taco bell bomber Posted October 14, 2003 Share Posted October 14, 2003 Originally posted by E MARTYR fucking bush... only good bush, is shaved bush, ya heard mah. i dont think he ever had a beard. Quote Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
Mr.Clean Posted October 14, 2003 Share Posted October 14, 2003 that is one fat stack of bills. fuck that shit. Quote Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
mr.yuck Posted October 15, 2003 Share Posted October 15, 2003 Originally posted by nomadawhat i am going to test this theory.... $$$$$ send me your $1 bills. Haha knowing this board you might only get about $7. Or $9000 Canadian dollars which is roughly $6.50. Quote Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
TEARZ Posted October 15, 2003 Share Posted October 15, 2003 holy shitski Quote Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
fannypack2 Posted October 15, 2003 Share Posted October 15, 2003 whhhhhoooooooooaaaa calm down. thats crazy. Quote Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
Swiffer Jet Posted October 15, 2003 Share Posted October 15, 2003 Originally posted by E MARTYR only good bush, is shaved bush, ya heard mah. ya heard?! hahaha Quote Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
crave Posted October 15, 2003 Share Posted October 15, 2003 Originally posted by SteveAustin puts somewhat of a perspective on it doesn't it? certainly does. i never thought of it quite like that. Quote Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
causinpanic Posted October 15, 2003 Share Posted October 15, 2003 thats an insane amount of money. Quote Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
D3N53one Posted October 15, 2003 Share Posted October 15, 2003 holy shit, that is alot of paper. Quote Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
S@T@N Posted October 15, 2003 Share Posted October 15, 2003 Originally posted by hold the cup holy shit, that is alot of paper. Think of the trees, would someone fucking THINK OF THE TREES? Quote Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
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