When Does $38B = $352M?

Q) When Does $38B = $352M?

A) When the R’s and D’s get together on a “budget compromise” - Typical Washington Math!

Front Page of the Post today:

http://www.washingtonpost.com/politics/deal-includes-86b-in-cuts-that-likely-would-never-have-been-spent/2011/04/12/AFFbG4bD_story.html

A federal budget compromise that was hailed as historic for proposing to cut about $38 billion would reduce federal spending by only $352 million this fiscal year, less than 1 percent of the bill’s advertised amount, according to the Congressional Budget Office.