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Posted: 10/5/2005 12:49:31 PM EDT

www.nathannewman.org/nbs/shortbudget06.html

It ain't easy!

Posted: 10/5/2005 1:05:02 PM EDT

[#1]

Old budget was $3747.36 billion
($2672.527 billion in spending, $1074.833 billion in tax expenditures and cuts).

New budget is $3625.76 billion
($2555.3 billion in spending, $1070.46 billion in tax expenditures and cuts).
You have cut the deficit by $121.6 billion.
Your new deficit is $279.4 billion.

Eliminated all of the welfare and other hand-outs.. increased military and science/technology spending.

Posted: 10/5/2005 1:11:36 PM EDT

[#2]

Quoted:

Old budget was $3747.36 billion
($2672.527 billion in spending, $1074.833 billion in tax expenditures and cuts).

New budget is $3625.76 billion
($2555.3 billion in spending, $1070.46 billion in tax expenditures and cuts).
You have cut the deficit by $121.6 billion.
Your new deficit is $279.4 billion.

Eliminated all of the welfare and other hand-outs.. increased military and science/technology spending.

Why increase technology spending? If the research serves a useful purpose, the market will make it worthwile without government support.

I tried it, but I cut too much, and it wouldn't let me reduce taxes past 30%

Posted: 10/5/2005 1:13:42 PM EDT

[#3]

Budget Totals
Old budget was $3747.36 billion
($2672.527 billion in spending, $1074.833 billion in tax expenditures and cuts).
New budget is $3500.71 billion
($2425.88 billion in spending, $1074.83 billion in tax expenditures and cuts).

You have cut the deficit by $246.65 billion.
Your new deficit is $154.35 billion.

Increased military/war funds and cut out a lot of the extra crap...like handouts. I moderately cut some of the medicare programs.

ETA: Eliminate Social Security and see what happens

Posted: 10/5/2005 1:16:00 PM EDT

[#4]

Budget Totals
Old budget was $3747.36 billion
($2672.527 billion in spending, $1074.833 billion in tax expenditures and cuts).

New budget is $4522.39 billion
($2372.72 billion in spending, $2149.67 billion in tax expenditures and cuts).
You have increased the deficit by $775.02 billion.
Your new deficit is $1176.02 billion.

I either cut it all the way, or increased by 100%. It was good. I are an Engineer.

Posted: 10/5/2005 1:16:45 PM EDT

[#5]

Your new deficit is $-331.08 billion.
Oops!
You've cut so much that the federal budget now contains a substantial surplus. Many economists warn that this budget may help induce or prolong a recession, and ordinary citizens demand a refund. You might want to cut taxes or raise spending.

Damn...need to cut more taxes

Posted: 10/5/2005 1:17:33 PM EDT

[#6]

Budget Totals
Old budget was $3747.36 billion
($2672.527 billion in spending, $1074.833 billion in tax expenditures and cuts).

New budget is $2826.64 billion
($1795.32 billion in spending, $1031.32 billion in tax expenditures and cuts).
You have cut the deficit by $920.72 billion.
Your new deficit is $-519.71 billion.

No more handouts ya tree hugging hippies.

Posted: 10/5/2005 1:19:50 PM EDT

[#7]

Your New Budget

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Budget Totals
Old budget was $3747.36 billion
($2672.527 billion in spending, $1074.833 billion in tax expenditures and cuts).
New budget is $3018.67 billion
($2436.2 billion in spending, $582.47 billion in tax expenditures and cuts).

You have cut the deficit by $728.69 billion.
Your new deficit is $-327.68 billion.

Oops!
You've cut so much that the federal budget now contains a substantial surplus. Many economists warn that this budget may help induce or prolong a recession, and ordinary citizens demand a refund. You might want to cut taxes or raise spending.

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Posted: 10/5/2005 1:21:14 PM EDT

[#8]

There is a group of Republican congressmen who have a plan to pull $500 Billion out of the budget. Its starting to pick up steam.

Posted: 10/5/2005 1:23:37 PM EDT

[#9]

I am not an economist, but why not use percentages for each major funding group, and then distrubute the monies that you have, instead of the monies that you think you WILL have?

I know that I don't make my purchases on the income I think I will have in 10 years, so why should the government?

Posted: 10/5/2005 1:25:09 PM EDT

[#10]

Budget Totals
Old budget was $3747.36 billion
($2672.527 billion in spending, $1074.833 billion in tax expenditures and cuts).

New budget is $2399.39 billion
($2104.79 billion in spending, $294.6 billion in tax expenditures and cuts).
You have cut the deficit by $1347.97 billion.
Your new deficit is $-946.96 billion.

I hacked the crap out of socialist-based spending, increased .mil and tech (because I like them and think they are necessary).

Eliminated all tax deductions.

Posted: 10/5/2005 1:39:13 PM EDT

[#11]

Sell 'gubment assets: land, buildings, equipment, mineral rights, etc....
Fire excess 'gubment employees.
Cut Socialist programs.
Eliminate agencies that privet sector companies can replace for less.
Eliminate domestic welfare.
Foreign aid contingent on sucking up to the USA.
Execute more criminals, and their lawyers.
Unleash the military, more killing for less money, no silly ROE's.

Posted: 10/5/2005 4:15:51 PM EDT

[#12]

pending ($2020.58 billion: cut $651.94 billion)

Posted: 10/5/2005 4:32:01 PM EDT

[#13]

Budget Totals
Old budget was $3747.36 billion
($2672.527 billion in spending, $1074.833 billion in tax expenditures and cuts).
New budget is $3415.92 billion
($2434.36 billion in spending, $981.56 billion in tax expenditures and cuts).

You have cut the deficit by $331.44 billion.
Your new deficit is $69.56 billion.

Posted: 10/6/2005 12:28:57 AM EDT

[#14]

You wasted 223 on a finance question, it should have at least been an ammo question. Boo Hiss.

Posted: 10/6/2005 12:33:46 AM EDT

[#15]

you need to learn decimal placement

2672.527 billion ??????? WTF is that

try 2.6 Trillion

Posted: 10/6/2005 12:37:28 AM EDT

[#16]

Budget Totals
Old budget was $3747.36 billion
($2672.527 billion in spending, $1074.833 billion in tax expenditures and cuts).
New budget is $2963.83 billion
($1895.04 billion in spending, $1068.79 billion in tax expenditures and cuts).

You have cut the deficit by $783.53 billion.
Your new deficit is $-382.52 billion.

Oops!
You've cut so much that the federal budget now contains a substantial surplus. Many economists warn that this budget may help induce or prolong a recession, and ordinary citizens demand a refund. You might want to cut taxes or raise spending.

Posted: 10/6/2005 12:41:32 AM EDT

[#17]

Budget Totals
Old budget was $3747.36 billion
($2672.527 billion in spending, $1074.833 billion in tax expenditures and cuts).
New budget is $2618.73 billion
($1790.26 billion in spending, $828.47 billion in tax expenditures and cuts).

You have cut the deficit by $1128.63 billion.
Your new deficit is $-727.62 billion.

Oops!
You've cut so much that the federal budget now contains a substantial surplus. Many economists warn that this budget may help induce or prolong a recession, and ordinary citizens demand a refund. You might want to cut taxes or raise spending.