Mount Shasta and the National Debt
Driving south into California today from Oregon, I came upon the scene in this photo. Breathtaking, isn't it? This is Mount Shasta in all its majestic splendor. This colossus sits where the desert meets the evergreens, rising to an elevation of 14,162 feet.
Meanwhile, the colossus that is the national debt sits where national survival meets disintegration. It stands at over 14 trillion dollars which, if placed in a single stack, would rise to an elevation of 5,016,666,667 feet. Such a stack would be as tall as 354,234 of these mountains piled on top of each other. Put another way, that stack would rise 950,126 miles high, or almost four times the distance between the earth and moon.
Evidently though, that stack of money isn't tall enough. Our leaders insist we need to spend still more, and raise taxes on top of that. A pile of money stacked almost a million miles high, and it isn't enough. And they say conservatives are being reckless? Next time someone suggests that Washington needs more money, show them this picture and run through the numbers with them. If they still don't get it, they automatically qualify for a cabinet position in the Obama administration.
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Apr '11
Re: Mount Shasta and the National Debt
MORE cowbell!
Jan '11
Re: Mount Shasta and the National Debt
I enjoy visuals. So here's another but with 100 dollar bills.
Aug '10
Re: Mount Shasta and the National Debt
When will we get it? National governmentalists wants to destroy our society and replace it with government. They want the Titanic to hit the iceberg and sink.
Facts, evidence and reality means nothing to national governmentalists, We need to stop arguing about the trees and focus on the forest. They love government will demand government grow to met needs of the people.
They dont care about debt they only care that grandma will be rolled off the cliff by Paul R.
Jun '11
Re: Mount Shasta and the National Debt
An apt comparison, Dave. Will use w/those I come into contact with who could use a touch of reality.
Oct '10
Re: Mount Shasta and the National Debt
Adding a footnote to your observations, note that spendthrifts in Congress want to constrain attempts to address the issue. The "revenue" debate is everything that you imagine - political opportunism and redistributive economics - but it is more. By demanding a dollar for dollar match between budget cuts and tax increases, the Democrats know that meaningful budget cuts are not possible. If the Republicans agreed, it would turn into a perverse death by billions of cuts. It would not be possible for Republicans to get what they need from an economic standpoint and still remain politically viable. They would alienate everyone. The Democrats don't have such a problem because their base isn't unified behind any particular principle beyond hatred for Republicans. This is cynicism on steroids. It also happens to be the real "long national nightmare."