When the Government prints a paycheck it borrows 42% of it?

[puppetmaster]

Do I understand this correctly? Lets say an average gov civilian salary is $81,000, this means that we borrow and pay interest on the 42% (around $34,000).'


lets cut the gov salaries 42% across the board to help balance the budget. this still leaves them with a nice paycheck around 50K per year. That coupled with gov layoffs would be a small step forward.

[Seraphim]

Agreed. But you will have to face torch bearing commies who want to steal or kill you.