09 August 2007

A Tribute to Harper's Index

Revenue in "the last year of Bill Clinton," according to James Pinkerton in a Newsday article: $2.025 trillion

Revenue projected for this year thanks to "supply-side magic," also according to Pinkerton: $2.458 trillion

$2.025 trillion adjusted by the inflation rate from January 1999 to June 2007: $2.567 trillion

1 comment:

Joshua said...

http://consumerist.com/consumer/net-neutrality/att-plays-corporate-censor-for-lollapalooza-288228.php

Sick, ain't it? Had to 'bookmark' a link somewhere I'd remember. Feel free to make a post about this, or I will at some point in the coming weeks.