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So, out of a 1,300,000,000,000 deficit...he's targeting $145,000,000.

Posted by Will Hunting (aka JoeMetz) Mar 14 '12, 06:18

To simplify, this is having a bill of $1,300,000 and paying $145 toward it and thinking that's notable.

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- Another angle to it. People cannot physically be this stupid. I have to assume it's the law of large numbers where they willfully consider - Will Hunting Mar 14, 06:47 3
  - Plenty of people are willing to ignore practicalities when they conflict with their ideology. -- nm - Roger More Mar 14, 07:27
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  - except the people he's talking to don't care about the math, it's all messaging - znufrii Mar 14, 07:00
well, over time, with compound interest... - znufrii Mar 14, 06:31 1
- With 0% interest...you'd only need about 8,950 more of these programs to balance your single-year budget... - Will Hunting Mar 14, 06:39
Especially when a much bigger dent could be made if people like him just paid taxes like everyone else. -- nm - TWuG Mar 14, 06:21
He'll talk about cutting foreign aid next. -- nm - Roger More Mar 14, 06:20 1
- At least that one involves a 10th digit in it. We're almost talking real money at that point. -- nm - Will Hunting Mar 14, 06:21
Also, his reason for saying Missouri instead of Missourah is the first time in the last 4 years, he's not saying whatever the audience wants him to. -- nm - Will Hunting Mar 14, 06:20

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