Sep 02
You probably felt it. If not your kids certainly will. You worked an extra month to pay for government last year. The Cost of Government Day (COGD) fell on Aug 14.
See the entire report, from the Center for Fiscal Accountability, here. Here are highlights.
2009 will be the worst year since World War II (although the chart stops at 1977)
This is how it broke out:
It would be cool if we knew how much I worked so lazy people could lounge around. That would make me feel better. As would knowing how much I worked to pay for GM bailouts and ACORN funding and other much NEEDED spending.
Utah, for all it’s claims of “fiscal responsibility” finished in the bottom 1/2 of states:
(click to see it bigger)