Here are a few numbers to make you sick.

Our population according to the 2000 census was 281,421,906.  I am sure it has gone up since then but I dont have those numbers, so just go with me on this.

The total cost of the Bail out plan, the stimulus plan, and the other money promised to other programs according to CNN today is 3.3 trillion dollars.  I want my taxes back but that ain't happening.  So here go a fe numbers to make your head explode.

3.3 trillion dollars is enough to give 91.66 million americans  $36000 dollars, or 110 million americans $30000 dollars. 

Let say the average home in america cost 250,000 dollars( I am not sure of this but it seems reasonable)  3.3 trillion would pay off 13.2 million home mortgages.

3.3 trillion dollar would employ 10 million americans for 11 years at 30000 dollars per year.

3.3 trillion would give every man, woman, and child in the United States (according to 2000 census) 11726 dollars.

Now I know everyone here can do math and these numbers are not all that hard to come up with,  SO  why the hell can our elected officials not use a calculator? I realize that just giving money away is not the answer.  I am sitting here trying to do my penny anni little budget for my farm and with today current prices i cant make it work out.  So as i sit here and watch all the news and the economists talking about what all this money is going to do, I am curious to how I can get my hands on just a little of that money.  What little bit i need will not even be 1 minute's worth of interest on that 3.3 trillion dollars.  That is all I would need to balance my budget and probably have enough left over to hire a part time person to help during the busy part of the year.   So here are some figures for that:

The interest on 3.3 trillion dollars at 5.5% annually(this is the interest rate at which i am paying on land i just bought) is exactly $3143.60 per second.  That is $188616.00 per minute.  Yea I can make my numbers work on that and pay for a full time person and live fat on the hog while doing it. 

HAVE A NICE DAY