washington has a revenue problem. it s a spending problem. washington has a spending problem, not a revenue problem. we don t have a revenue problem. we have a spending problem. it does not have a revenue problem. it has a spending problem. well, work doesn t have a revenue proob, washington has a spending problem sirchlts now, they say that, because they want to protect their rich donors who would pay more taxes, for example, if you took away the tax cuts. but you know what the reality is? we have a huge revenue problem. now, let me show you what the republicans don t want you to see. look at this chart from the center for budget and policy priorities. look at that giant orange portion? this is how much the deficit is going to be public debt by 2019. the biggest part is the bush era tax cuts. then wufgt the wars in iraq and afghanistan, then the economic
schooling and so we have rules that say, you ve got to go to school. we have rules that say you can t work when you re supposed to be in school. we have as a basic american value that before this year i sort of thought was agreed upon we sort of have as a basic american value the idea of school. american kids go to school or in maine we have the version of dana carvy i went to work at 11 years old. it s not a big deal. work doesn t hurt anybody in michigan i don t think they are trying to roll back the child labor laws there but you know actually it reminds me somebody should check into that. i have not checked to see if michigan republicans are also trying to roll back child labor laws. you did see that there is a republican state senator in michigan who wants to mandate that foster children only be allowed to buy clothes from thrift stores. that s a real thing. if that is a real thing we should probably check on whether michigan republicans are also against child labor laws. but in m
school. that was the argument for restricting child labor in the first place. it was all tied up with schooling and so we have rules that say, you ve got to go to school. we have rules that say you can t work when you re supposed to be in school. we have as a basic american value that before this year i sort of thought was agreed upon we sort of have as a basic american value the idea of school. american kids go to school or in maine we have the version of dana carvy i went to work at 11 years old. it s not a big deal. work doesn t hurt anybody in michigan i don t think they are trying to roll back the child labor laws there but you know actually it reminds me somebody should check into that. i have not checked to see if michigan republicans are also trying to roll back child labor laws. you did see that there is a republican state senator in michigan who wants to mandate that foster children only be allowed to buy clothes from thrift stores. that s a real thing. if that is a real thin
anyone else in the world spent six months on a project after it was due, they would be fired. so, if if the federal government shuts down, it is going to save us all a whole bunch of money, right? well, not exactly. why is that? well, start with the basics. 1.5 million plus workers will continue to work and get paid eventually which leaves 800,000 workers who are furloughed, but just because they are not at work doesn t mean that they won t get paid. take a look at this. how much did the last one cost? well, no one is sure, but the budget office did a quick and dirty calculation at the time and came up with a figure of roughly $1.4 billion in 1996 dollars. most of that went to furloughed workers who were given back pay for the days that they were off work, and for bean countsers if you are producing and not getting paid, that is a direct