"There are countless horrible things happening all over the world and horrible people prospering, but we must never allow them to disturb our equanimity or deflect us from our sacred duty to sabotage and annoy them whenever possible." -Auberon Waugh
Friday, September 16, 2011
Putting government spending in perspective
Miss Red wonders how long any of us regular citizens could get by on this kind of budget.
Paco, maybe you should try the Obama approach to your personal finances.
Well, the Obama solution is pretty simple. Tell your boss that because of your growing debt and yearly deficits you need more money and promise to reduce your spending (not this year of course, but in a couple years. And you may not want to mention that some of the spending cuts aren't really cuts but just a smaller increase than you had originally planned).
If your boss refuses then say that you demand to have a "balanced" approach to your debt problem and you won't cut spending until he gives you a raise.
Well, back in the good old days before computerized credit checks it involved moving a lot.
ReplyDeleteHard to do with a whole country. "Honey, we're downsizing to a one-bedroom in the Czech Republic..."
Paco, maybe you should try the Obama approach to your personal finances.
ReplyDeleteWell, the Obama solution is pretty simple. Tell your boss that because of your growing debt and yearly deficits you need more money and promise to reduce your spending (not this year of course, but in a couple years. And you may not want to mention that some of the spending cuts aren't really cuts but just a smaller increase than you had originally planned).
If your boss refuses then say that you demand to have a "balanced" approach to your debt problem and you won't cut spending until he gives you a raise.