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From the Home of Rich & Peggy Martin What do you get when you have a Democratic Senate and a Democratic House with a Republican president that doesn't know the purpose of a veto pen? Ans below. Rich Martin NOTHING BUT THE ISSUES "The report showed that U.S. debts and liabilities are close to passing the value of the U.S. population's net worth…" The Peterson Foundation http://www.pgpf.org/ Call me old fashioned, but I always thought if you owe as much as you own, you are bankrupt. Rich Martin "…revenues remained mostly flat because of the recession that began a year ago." Let me get this straight, after 12 months of recession, taxes remained the same? RM "However, the Treasury did borrow $300 billion from taxpayers in fiscal 2008 "to increase cash balances at the [Federal Reserve] so that the Fed can assist with market stabilization efforts." It's too bad the media was so busy reporting the glory of their candidate, that they didn't have any space/time to mention this little detail. RM "The $1 trillion "net operating cost" in the report - up from $275.5 billion in fiscal 2007 - is different from the federal budget deficit because it uses proper accounting standards to include future spending obligations. The federal budget measures only "dollars in and dollars out" [cash basis] in a given year, Mr. Riedl said." The SEC would be all over GM for cooking the books if they did this. RM "But the explosion in total costs in fiscal 2008 was in large part because of an unforeseen spike in the future costs of veterans benefits, which grew by $339 billion." This excuse appears twice in this article. No explanation why or why not foreseen. RM The Peter G. Peterson Foundation said the report showed "an estimated $56.4 trillion in debts, liabilities and promises for Medicare and Social Security versus a total household net worth of $56.5 trillion." FROM THIS POINT FORWARD, ANY CURRENCY PRINTED BY THE TREASURY IS THE EQUIVALENT OF AN NSF CHECK AND SUBJECT TO A $35.00 SERVICE CHARGE. The FED Balance Sheet, United States of America Assets 56.5 Liabilities 56.4 Proprietorship 0.1 The whole story. Federal spending soars 25% before bailout. http://www.washingtontimes.com/news/2008/dec/16/spending-soars-25-before-bailout/ QUESTION: DO WE WANT TO FIX IT CONSTITUTIONALLY? OR BECOME A PART OF THE NORTH AMERICAN UNION SPENDING AMEROS? From Our Founding Fathers http://www.interviewwithgod.com/patriotic/highband.htm THE TRUTH IS... . A. Powerful. C. In the eye of the beholder B. Irrelevant. D. All of the above. --~--~---------~--~----~------------~-------~--~----~ You received this message because you are subscribed to the Google Groups "APFN" group. To post to this group, send email to APFN@googlegroups.com For more options, visit this group at http://groups.google.com/group/APFN?hl=en APFN-1 YahooGroups: Subscribe: http://groups.yahoo.com/group/apfn-1/join Unsubscribe: apfn-1-unsubscr...@yahoogroups.com APFN MSG BOARD: `In a time of universal deceit, telling the truth is a revolutionary act.' http://disc.server.com/Indices/234999.html APFN CONTENTS PAGE: http://www.apfn.org/old/apfncont.htm "RADIO YOUR WAY" APFN POGO NETWORK (( WOW!! )) "All tyranny needs to gain a foothold is for people of good conscience to remain silent" -- Thomas Jefferson http://www.apfn.net/POGO.HTM Find elected officials, including the president, members of Congress, governors, state legislators, local officials, and more. http://congress.org/congressorg/dbq/officials/ APFN, PMB 207, 6640 W. CACTUS RD. #A111, GLENDALE, AZ 85304 -~----------~----~----~----~------~----~------~--~---