Teabagger Puts Budget Deal In Terms Teabaggers Can Understand: McDonald’s

[meegbear]

The $60 billion that the Republicans wanted to cut from spending (simple cuts, not “reductions in rates”) was to the Federal Budget what 1/2 of a French Fry would be to a Big Mac Value Meal (medium size). That’s right, 1/2 of a fry. So why did the Dems manage to get the Republicans to cut that down to $38 billion? Do you realize what that amounts to in the same Value Meal? 1/4 of a French Fry. That’s the equivalent amount of calories in the Big Mac Value Meal that the $38 billion represents in terms of government spending. Think about that the next time you get a Value Meal (of any kind) at the fast food drive-thru.

This is the manifesto that will take down the Republican Party. Finally somebody puts it in terms we’re all familiar with.

http://wonkette.com/443183/teabagger-puts-budget-deal-in-terms-teabaggers-can-understand-mcdonalds

[Richardo]

1. I think they lost their intended audience at "medium size"

"It comes in MEDIUM?"

[RagAss]

2. They'd fucking starve with 1/2 a fries order.

[Motown_Johnny]

3. Rachel reported last night that the $38.5 Billion is spread out over

multiple time frames (different time frames for different provisions) and that the actual amount cut from this year's budget is $352 Million.

Put that into the Value Meal analogy and I am guessing you will need to measure it in grains of salt on the french fry.


the clip is only about 2 minutes long (link)

http://www.msnbc.msn.com/id/26315908/#42581128

[iwishiwas]

4. Is this the deal that President Obama called 'historic'?

[Ian David]

9. It's historic in that we drank the teabaggers' milkshake.

And it only cost us about 1/4 of a french fry.

[iwishiwas]

10. LOL to the quarter FF. Very sad indeed to drinking the teabagger's shake.

[Motown_Johnny]

11. no, it cost us less than 1% of 1/4 of a french fry

unless this analogy is starting to confuse me

anyways, $352 million this year, not $38.5 billion

[Curmudgeoness]

5. I gotta say, I think that was a good idea. Whenever we

try to reach people with charts and graphs and intellectual articles, we lose them. I wish we would come up with more of this type of explanation.

[drm604]

6. Hey Teabaggers!

Don't stand for this! Form legal parties in every state and run your own candidates in every race. That'll show them darn Republicans!

[arbusto_baboso]

7. Yet none of them ever mentions the Big mac in the room that is the miltary budget.

Why is that, y'spose?

[Skip_In_Boulder]

8. I think the Defense budget

is more like the noon all you can eat bar at Pizza Hut.