visualizing obama's budget cuts

[J308]

http://www.wimp.com/budgetcuts/

Short and sweet and to the point. So they're gonna try to trim 100 million from the budget, and save us from ruin. This clip shows what 100 million is to a 3.5 trillion budget. This thing we're doing here, it's not sustainable, folks. And we're doing it on a scale that defies comprehension.

[carguym14]

Definitely puts it into context.

I do wonder about his "to the left of the blue line is money we have"-I figured the money we have would be small,comparatively speaking.

[alant]

How much of the money to the left of the white line is interest on the national debt and what happens if we have to start paying higher interest rates?

[L Haney]

WE'RE SAVED!!!! Thank goodness for the insight of our leader. I thought he was an inept dolt. This has me straightened out now.

[2barearms]

Originally posted by alant
How much of the money to the left of the white line is interest on the national debt and what happens if we have to start paying higher interest rates?

You'll get to work for half a paycheck because if Ben raises the interest rate the treasury
is screwed and inflation would run unchecked. It might stave off either Hyper-inflation
or Deflation, take your pick, neither is pretty unless your bet is properly placed.