Our yearly federal budget deficits will get better … eventually

U.S.: Our yearly federal budget deficits will get better … eventually

$3.8 trillion budget for fiscal 2011, starting in October

$1.4+
trillion the budget deficit in 2009, which was a record level already
$1.6
trillion the anticipated budget deficit for 2010, which is an even bigger record
$700
billion the budget deficit planned by 2013, which is a bit better source

Posted by Ernie Smith • 0 Comments • Permalink

U.S.: The ’10 federal deficit: Still huge, but at least it’s sloping downward

$1.4T the size of the deficit in 2009; that’s a record
$1.3T the estimated size of the deficit in 2010
$687B the size of the deficit by year 2020 source

Posted by Ernie Smith • 0 Comments • Permalink

U.S.: California wants a ton of freaking money from the feds

$6.9 billion, which they’ll take in small bills source

Posted by Ernie Smith • 0 Comments • Permalink

World: Japan’s equivalent of Obama lays out a huge budget

¥92.3 trillion for 2010; that’s a lot of ramen source

Posted by Ernie Smith • 0 Comments • Permalink

U.S.: Smokin’ hot topic in California: Legalizing pot to leverage taxes

56% of Californians support legalizing marijuana to help pay off the state’s debt
680,000+ people have reportedly signed a petition for a November ballot proposal source

Posted by Ernie Smith • 0 Comments • Permalink

Politics: Joe Lieberman is a Jewish playa for walking to work today

5 mile walk to stop a filibuster; he doesn’t drive on the Shabbat source

Posted by Ernie Smith • 0 Comments • Permalink

U.S.: Pennsylvania screwed over thousands thanks to a budget holdout

101 the number of days Pennsylvania’s budget was delayed
16,000 workers had to get loans due to the budget delay source

Posted by Ernie Smith • 0 Comments • Permalink

Culture: Funny or die? Will Ferrell is the least-bankable actor, a study sez

For every dollar Will Ferrell makes, his movie makes an average of $3.29. Considering his high price tag and the film’s big budgets, that’s not really a lot. source

Posted by Ernie Smith • 2 Comments • Permalink

31 Jan 2010 20:25

tags

U.S.: Our yearly federal budget deficits will get better … eventually

26 Jan 2010 09:56

tags

U.S.: The ’10 federal deficit: Still huge, but at least it’s sloping downward

25 Jan 2010 21:05

tags

Politics: Twitter takes in, parses the reported Great Obama Budget Freeze

09 Jan 2010 13:42

tags

U.S.: California wants a ton of freaking money from the feds

25 Dec 2009 11:04

tags

World: Japan’s equivalent of Obama lays out a huge budget

20 Dec 2009 21:26

tags

U.S.: Smokin’ hot topic in California: Legalizing pot to leverage taxes

12 Dec 2009 18:53

tags

Politics: Joe Lieberman is a Jewish playa for walking to work today

11 Dec 2009 01:35

tags

U.S.: Pennsylvania screwed over thousands thanks to a budget holdout

21 Nov 2009 13:51

tags

U.S.: Daily Poll: California schools and their sucktastic budget crisis

18 Nov 2009 21:25

tags

Culture: Funny or die? Will Ferrell is the least-bankable actor, a study sez