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Politics : PRESIDENT GEORGE W. BUSH -- Ignore unavailable to you. Want to Upgrade?

To: Scumbria who wrote (143027)	5/6/2001 1:34:48 PM
From: ManyMoose	Read Replies (2) \| Respond to of 769667

We'll pay off the $6 trillion faster by being richer and paying a lower tax rate on a higher wealth base. I do my part by not buying savings bonds. >>>>>>We are $6 trillion in debt. That should be paid off before we give tax cuts to millionaires. Assuming a .003 inch thick $1000 bill: Number of $1000 bills in an inch = 250 Number of $1000 bills in a foot = 3,000 Number of $1000 bills in a mile = 15,840,000 Number of dollars in a mile = 15,840,000,000 Height of the national debt in $1000 bills = 378 miles Amount owed by every person in the United States = $21,818 Average life span of an American = 75 years Amount to pay every year = $290 Savings at bank rates needed to throw off $290 every year = $4,800 Investment in the stock market needed to throw off $290 every year = $2,400 Time needed to save $2,400 at $50 a month = four years Time needed to save $2,400 by giving up one latte a day = 1.6 years There's magic in them thar numbers, give or take a few.