Texas Drifter Child’s Basic Government Math
Marshall’s Law Dateline – Social science research project with no budget has discovered best way to teach children how to comprehend government mathematics. The answer involves old adage about comparing apples to apples and oranges to oranges.
Sample government math problem: federal government’s annual budget deficit is one and a half trillion dollars (apples); Republicans brag about wanting to reduce annual deficit by thirty–two billion dollars (oranges).
Child needs to be reminded not to compare apples to oranges. One trillion dollars equals one thousand billion dollars (oranges). One and a half trillion dollars equals fifteen hundred billion dollars (oranges).
Solution: divide thirty-two billion dollars (oranges) by fifteen hundred billion dollars (oranges) to determine percent of thirty two billion dollars to fifteen hundred billion dollars. Answer should be little more than two percent. Conclusion: Republicans who believe reducing annual budget deficit by about two percent are blankly, blank, blank fools. Reader can insert their own expletives.
If reader’s child still does not comprehend not comparing oranges to different fruit or vegetables, it is doubtful Texas Drifter’s use of crayons or finger paints would make much of a difference. As patience is instructor’s first virtue, how about another example of comprehending government math?
State of Texas last two years’ budget ran a forty billion dollar deficit (oranges). Texas fraudulent leader Governor Perry wants to abolish five state agencies to reduce next two years budget cycle deficit by fifty million dollars (jalapeno peppers).
Reader’s child’s government math problem: what percent of Governor’s deficit reduction is fifty million dollars (jalapeno peppers) to forty billion dollars total deficit (oranges)? Starting clue: forty billion dollars is forty thousand million dollars (jalapeno peppers).
When Texas Drifter was growing up during 1950’s and 1960’s occasionally nice teachers would let students use slide rules to solve math problems. So reader can let their child use a slide rule if they have one.
