Here's a fun game, it's called "Guess how much the Interstate Highway System cost." Yes, those 47,000 miles of road spanning North America from the Atlantic to Pacific; signed into law by Eisenhower back in 1956 and taking 30 years to build. Adjusting for inflation, how much did that run the U.S.?

Well... the Stimulus Bill was $787 billion, and the Federal Government is running a yearly deficit of $1,600 billion... So it has to be more than that, otherwise the government would be borrowing the equivalent of an entire extra Interstate Highway System every year... which would be insane. Right?

Ok, time's up. The winner’s whoever's closest without going over. Ready?... And the answer (in 2010 dollars) is... $460 billion... So the government doesn't borrow one "the highways" per year, they borrow three and a half "the highways" per year... God fucking damnit. How is that possible?

Did the Stimulus Bill secretly build another set of roads they haven't told people about?... Oh, maybe it's a surprise! Has anyone noticed 50,000 miles of sheets suspiciously covering what appears to be a flat surface?... No?... Well, then fuck.

The Federal Government’s spending a total of $3,800 billion this year, but when you add in the State and Local levels, total Government spending’s almost $6,100 billion. To put that into perspective, the total adjusted gross income reported to the IRS by everyone combined in America on their 2009 tax returns was only $7,600 billion and the economy hasn’t grown much since then.

In other words… It’s a fucking spending problem. No economy could survive with this type of weight dragging it down. It's like goddamn cement shoes... And what do you get for your trillions? How are the schools?… fucked. How are the roads?… shitty. And they will be no matter how much the Government spends because politicians aren’t interested in fixing them. They're interested in campaign contributions and reelections. Some people are a little weary about privatizing various services, but honestly... nobody could do a worse job than the Government.