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IQ Test
Following is an exercise in
world-view adjustment. It is based on the interest paid on deficits accumulated
since the Reagan years. All of these borrowed dollars are still unpaid, even
with the surpluses enjoyed from 1996-1998. In the intervening years $1.45 of
interest has been paid on each original Reagan deficit dollar, and there is
little if any prospect for retiring borrowed principal during this decade. It is
thus virtually inevitable that each dollar in Reagan era expenses will
eventually cost taxpayers $3 and likely more.
You can consider yourself a Dittohead Master once you have achieved the status
“Fiscal Conservative” on the following test.
Instructions: Read the following news item for comprehension and then answer the
questions.
1. Your share of armed forces test range bulldozers for filling bomb craters is
$1. How many dollars do you want to send to Washington to cover it?
A. $1
B. $3 (after interest)
2. Your share of low-gravity toilets for the international space station is $1.
How many dollars do you want to send to Washington to cover it?
A. $1
B. $3 (after interest)
3. Your share of line painting in National Park Service parking lots is $1. How
many dollars do you want to send to Washington to cover it?
A. $1
B. $3 (after interest)
4. Your share of replacement curve left signs for the US Interstate Highway
System is $1. How many dollars do you want to send to Washington to cover it?
A. $1
B. $3 (after interest)
5. Your share of the backup power system for storage freezers containing the US
smallpox stockpile in the Centers for Disease Control is $1. How many dollars do
you want to send to Washington to cover it?
A. $1
B. $3 (after interest)
6. Your share of smell-blocking cream for FBI Forensic Labs is $1. How many
dollars do you want to send to Washington to cover it?
A. $1
B. $3 (after interest)
7. Your share of oil and gas company subsidies for drilling in the Arctic
National Wildlife Refuge $1. How many dollars do you want to send to Washington
to cover it?
A. $1
B. $3 (after interest)
8. Your share of CIA deep cover agents in Iran is $1. How many dollars do you
want to send to Washington to cover it?
A. $1
B. $3 (after interest)
9. Your share of wreckage warehouses for National Transportation Safety Board
airline crash investigations is $1. How many dollars do you want to send to
Washington to cover it?
A. $1
B. $3 (after interest)
10. Your share of Secret Service earbud radios is $1. How many dollars do you
want to send to Washington to cover it?
A. $1
B. $3 (after interest)
Scoring*
Total sent to Washington = $10: fiscally conservative.
Total sent to Washington = $30: Fiscal Conservative.
*Totals between $10 and $30 are
theoretically possible but do not occur in practice.
What Happens when Dollars Aren't Sent to Washington
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