Spare Change

"That's suit thinking. Something happens when a man puts on a necktie. Cuts off all the oxygen to his brain."
--Fred Melrose (Secret of My Success)

A fair amount of media ink is being spilled today about President Obama's initiative to cut the federal government budget by $100 million. Pretty amusing, given that his previously announced programs to increase government spending will triple the budget deficit to about ~$1.7 trillion this year.

Few media outlets have done the math, but here's one. The cut amounts to .oo6% of this year's budget deficit. If you're skeptical of media reported figures (I wouldn't blame you if you were), then do the math yourself. Just divide $100,000,000 by $1,700,000,000,000.

Real change or spare change?