U.S. National Budget Simulator

Chmee · Post by **Chmee** » April 12, 2004, 2:53 pm

Lets you make decisions about increasing or decreasing various budget activities and see how the changes would effect the overall budget.

http://www.budgetsim.org/nbs/longbudget04.html

kyoukan · Post by **kyoukan** » April 12, 2004, 3:26 pm

Whew, all this cutting taxes and doubling spending is wearing me out. I think I'll take another six month vacaction down at my ranch in Texas.

Siji · Post by **Siji** » April 12, 2004, 3:29 pm

According to an August 2003 article in the Washington Post, President Bush has spent all or part of 166 days during his presidency at his Crawford, Texas, ranch or en route. Add the time spent at or en route to the presidential retreat of Camp David and at the Bush family estate in Kennebunkport, Maine, and Bush has taken 250 days off as of August 2003. That's 27% of his presidency spent on vacation. Although to be fair, much of this time is classified as a "working vacation."

What about Clinton? As of December 1999, President Bill Clinton had spent only 152 days on holiday during his two terms, according to CBS News. A former staffer noted Clinton was such a workaholic that "it almost killed Clinton to take one-week vacations during August." In 2000, Clinton cut his summer vacation short to just three days, so he and his wife could concentrate on her Senate race and fundraising for Democrats. While we couldn't find the exact tally for Clinton's last year in office, it's reasonable to expect he didn't increase his vacation rate. And in barely three years in office, George W. Bush has already taken more vacation than Clinton did in seven years.

Aslanna · Post by **Aslanna** » April 12, 2004, 3:38 pm

Camp David is a mythical place. I lived near there and always heard stories about people who were hiking and all the sudden they were surrounded by secret service people. Although I think there's a fence around the entire perimiter.. Not sure. I was going to go on an adventure and try to find it but I decided against it due to the possibility of getting shot. Never saw it on a map either but didn't get one specific to that area.

Plus you could always tell when he was headed there because the 3-4 military helicopters would be flying overhead. Sorta hard to miss those. Seems like that would make for an easier target. I think if I were him I'd be too scared to fly. It's only about a hour drive from D.C.

But I digress!

Post by **Sylvus** » April 12, 2004, 4:22 pm

My dad's name is Dave, and they named our Northern Michigan cottage "Camp David". His friends got him this sign:

We even have a set of glasses that we got from the actual Camp David. He knows some people that know some people.

Thank you for taking time out of your day to listen to my Pilsburrian outburst.

kyoukan · Post by **kyoukan** » April 12, 2004, 4:26 pm

That's on the terrorist target list.

Cartalas · Post by **Cartalas** » April 12, 2004, 4:42 pm

You have cut the deficit by $261.19 billion.

That was not to hard once you get rid of these

International affairs ($0 billion: cut $23.78 billion)
$0 billion ......... International development aid and financial programs
Cut $7.91 bil. from base of $7.920 bil.(-100%)
$0 billion ......... International military aid
Cut $7.32 bil. from base of $7.334 bil.(-100%)
$0 billion ......... Conduct of Foreign Affairs
Cut $7.53 bil. from base of $7.544 bil.(-100%)
$0 billion ......... Foreign information and exchange activities
Cut $0.98 bil. from base of $.993 bil.(-100%)

Social Welfare Spending ($31.38 billion: cut $151.11 billion)
$0 billion ......... Housing assistance
Cut $30.11 bil. from base of $30.119 bil.(-100%)
$0 billion ......... Food stamps
Cut $27.72 bil. from base of $27.729 bil.(-100%)
$0 billion ......... Other nutrition programs (WIC, school lunches)
Cut $17.82 bil. from base of $17.833 bil.(-100%)
$0 billion ......... Supplemental security income (SSI)
Cut $33.46 bil. from base of $33.470 bil.(-100%)
$0 billion ......... Family support payments
Cut $17.68 bil. from base of $17.690 bil.(-100%)
$31.38 billion ..... Earned Income Tax Credit (EITC) (No Change)
$0 billion ......... Low income home energy assistance
Cut $1.99 bil. from base of $2.0 bil.(-100%)
$0 billion ......... Child care funds
Cut $4.81 bil. from base of $4.817 bil.(-100%)
$0 billion ......... Other family and child support
Cut $17.46 bil. from base of $17.467 bil.(-100%)

Iraq War ($0 billion: cut $49.99 billion)
$0 billion ......... Iraq War
Cut $49.99 bil. from base of $50.0 bil.(-100%)

Kelshara · Post by **Kelshara** » April 12, 2004, 4:45 pm

Social Welfare Spending ($31.38 billion: cut $151.11 billion)

But how will you survive, Cart?

Cartalas · Post by **Cartalas** » April 12, 2004, 4:47 pm

Kelshara wrote:
Social Welfare Spending ($31.38 billion: cut $151.11 billion)
But how will you survive, Cart?

Pimping your mother out?

Krurk · Post by **Krurk** » April 12, 2004, 4:54 pm

I don't think there are too many interns at Camp David though Siji.

Yea, the numbers look bad, but afterall... how else is he gonna go get his money from Haliburton? Cheaper to cash the check in person then to send that much money through Western Union!

Kelshara · Post by **Kelshara** » April 12, 2004, 5:59 pm

Pimping your mother out?

hah you would starve to death then!

Cartalas · Post by **Cartalas** » April 12, 2004, 8:53 pm

Kelshara wrote:
Pimping your mother out?
hah you would starve to death then!

hehhehehe

Zaelath · Post by **Zaelath** » April 12, 2004, 8:53 pm

keke go back far enough in that site, then get the Amazon review of his book...

Editorial Reviews
From Library Journal
Newman, a union lawyer, political activist, and frequent contributor to Technology Review, Progressive Populist, and American Prospect, offers a thinly disguised rewrite of his groundbreaking 1998 doctoral dissertation. On the surface, the book provides an in-depth analysis of the federal government's long-obscured role in the development of the Internet and the changing role of regions in the U.S. economy. At its heart, it is a call for individuals, groups, and communities to organize and counter the various political, social, and economic costs that have resulted, including globalization, contingent employment, economic polarization, expanded regulation, inequality, joblessness, outsourcing, opportunism, privatization, wage stagnation, and the disempowerment of communities and local government. Along the way, Newman provides a well-written history of the Internet plus an analysis of key events, including the federal government's decision to withdraw from controlling the net, the passage of Proposition 13 in California, the breakup of AT&T, the 1999 battle in Seattle during the World Trade Organization conference, and the 2001 energy crisis in California. Recommended for both academic libraries and larger public libraries. Norm Hutcherson, California State Univ. Lib., Bakersfield
Copyright 2002 Reed Business Information, Inc.

This guy is like Chmee's Anti-Christ...

Voronwë · Post by **Voronwë** » April 13, 2004, 11:32 am

Iraq War ($0 billion: cut $49.99 billion)
$0 billion ......... Iraq War
Cut $49.99 bil. from base of $50.0 bil.(-100%)

LOL that is like 2 months in Iraq.