There are certain things that I post on A Continuous Lean that I know many people aren’t really going to be interested in. File this Obsession under that premise.
One time presidential candidate and patriotic American Ross Perot recently launched an entire website dedicated to “charting government fiscal irresponsibility.” Incredible! I have literally combed through every inch of the site and can’t get enough. Perot is right on the money (bad pun, sorry) with a lot of this stuff. The bad news is, these charts would be much more enlightening to many Americans if there were a little more common sense floating around.
I’m sure this will wnd up keeping up way too late some night. Yikes.
I had a painful flashback to my MBA days and Pareto charts (and the 80-20 rule). Perot’s charts are very simple and insightful and it is unfortunate that most Americans probably wouldn’t be able to appreciate the information presented. The first chart is particularly frightening (although I believe that the current spending trend will be tempered).
Incredible. Fascinating, yes, and infuriating to the point where I’m at a loss for words. It’s a lot to take in.
I hope this gets wide circulation so that people can really appreciate the damage the Bush administration has inflicted upon us and and future generations.