THE BUDGET: Elementary Arithmetic

The problem of keeping the Federal Government within its budget is as complicated as the Einstein theory plus Parkinson's Law. But the simple arithmetic that Budget Director Maurice Stans put on the public blackboard last week showed that the problem is getting well out of hand. The fiscal year is only 2j months old, but the budget is already in the red:

BUDGET ESTIMATED

Income $74.4 billion...

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