I get that right wing nutters think going to university is a liberal thing to do, but percentages is like, middle school? Maybe they don't have middle schools in Appalachia?:eek: Enigma bag to 4% of 15 trillion is 53 billion? I think he is hitting the sauce. Remember Luke, do not get behind the wheel again!
Lucrum said current budget deficit, not national debt. The 2012 estimated budget deficit is $1.2 trillion, not $15 trillion. The national debt is about $15.9 trillion.
The budget deficit for 2012 is 1.3 Trillion. 53 Billion is approx. 4.1% of 1.3 trillion. The point is that the US is wasting money on loser countries that dont have our interest at heart.
4% of 1.2 trillion is not 53 billion. 40% of 1.2 trillion is not 53 billion. But hey, devotion to the impaired is an honorable thing.
Wow, you really need to think before you post. 4% IS the rounded whole % number. $53 billion is 4.4% of $1.2 trillion. The $1.2 trillion is estimated. We will not know the actual budget deficit number until the budget year has been completed. Also, your $15 trillion number was off by almost one trillion dollars.
Yea it was an error BUT: Soooo as you can see he wasn't talking about: Also: As a whole %.. it IS. And just to stay on topic, foreign aid is a fucking waste of money. Like lucrum said, ESPECIALLY if we are borrowing it only to give it away. Does that make sense to any 'progressives' on the board?