3 Cent Solution

3¢ SOLUTION IF YOU HAD TO CUT YOUR BUDGET BY THREE CENTS FOR EACH DOLLAR YOU SPEND, COULD YOU DO IT? Washington is about to undergo an automatic spending cut of $85 billion that has some worried about its impact on the economy. That impact could be avoided if Washington would just cut three cents on every dollar it spends as an alternative. To put it into perspective, we've taken a look at what those same cuts would look like to an average American. WASHINGTON THE AVERAGE AMERICAN CUTS OVER 1 YEAR: $1,491 SPENT $3,538,000,000,000 That's like packing / last yr your own lunch instead of dining out. PROPOSED CUTS $85,000,000,000 / this year = $49,705 TOTAL SPENDING LAST YEAR SOURCES: OMB / BUREAU OF LABOR STATISTICS / HOWSTUFFWORKS.COM bankruptingamerica.org / @bankruptingam PUBLIC NOTICE