The reason they lowered the marging requirment was to get every one in them, then in 5yrs the Govenment can pass a new capital gains tax of 90% , just to fund the IMF, & being we will all be retried they will need this. If not to give to Brazil then to pay the interest on our natioal debt, Which at this time is a mear $5,616,950,859,308.91 ------------- Last years interest was only $363,823,722,920.26 If you were a wage earner of a family of 4, your share of just the interest was only $5,355.38 & So far this year you have paid $1,707.15 ------------ -------------- Here is the last 9 days till the 14th. 01/14/1999 $5,617,728,448,220.89 01/13/1999 $5,618,299,396,528.70 01/12/1999 $5,618,011,217,966.52 01/11/1999 $5,614,992,595,555.12 01/08/1999 $5,612,919,300,437.72 01/07/1999 $5,612,204,125,073.81 01/06/1999 $5,615,428,551,461.33 01/05/1999 $5,609,529,098,608.49 01/04/1999 $5,606,630,290,821.39 ==================================================================== 9 day = $10,098,257,399.50 Allthough we will have borrow more just to pay the interest. I won't figure that, but I will round it off to 10.01 Billion /9 = 1.1122222 Billion a day increase. This with a Goverment budget surplus mind you. ------------ so each year will add another 405.96 Billion, and in 5 years it should just be another 2.029 Trillion. add that to the 5.617 Trillion we now have. --------------------------- You know for us to grow our GNP enoung to keep up with this We must grow the economy at 7.2% a year If we can do that we will at least collect enoung taxes to pay the interest. That is if we don't run into any more problems like a war to pay for, or some type of S&L bailout. --------------- Maybe the Goverment had better buy some Yahooo. |