The Lisbon Reporter

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Saturday, April 13, 2013

Bankrupting America Weekly Update:

Hi there,

Happy Saturday! We hope you're enjoying your weekend and the improving weather as we bring you our recap of last week's events:

1) What is bankrupting America? Our new animated short video follows the clues to find the cuprit behind America's fiscal woes: government overspending.

2) Breaking down the president's budget. With the long-awaited release of the White House budget plan, buzz now revolves around how it compares with the House and Senate proposals already on the table. Our new Budget Briefing Book for FY2014 has the breakdown. Also, check out some of the less-known spending items hiding inside the president's budget.

3) The March budget deficit. The federal government overspent by some $106.5 billion last month - an amount that could've bought 234,065,934 tickets to the NCAA men’s basketball final four.

4) A Hall-of-Fame for Washington's worst spending. We launched a new Questionable Spending Resource Center to help you keep tabs on some of Washington's biggest big-spending blunders in one convenient location.

5) You like cats, right? We were told you liked cats. Confused about the president's budget? Wondering what "Chained CPI" is? Why not have it explained to you by a bunch of cats?