Sunday, March 03, 2013

The World's Smalles Violin....

You all know the rest of that headline. 

What's that?  You don't know the tune?

Well, here it is.

...In fiscal year 2002, the USDA spending was $68,978,000,000, according to the Final Monthly Treasury Statement for fiscal year 2002. That’s $88,031,880, 000 in 2012 dollars, according to the Bureau of Labor Statistics inflation calculator.

By fiscal year 2012, USDA spending climbed to $139,714,000,000, according to the Final Monthly Treasury Statement for fiscal year 2012 released last September. That’s a 58.7 percent increase in real inflation-adjusted dollars....

And we all KNOW that USDA is delivering fifty-eight percent more services to us.

Right??

Hello?  Hello??

1 comment:

  1. You've got a couple of numbers here and no context, so this is pretty much a meaningless post as is, isn't it?

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