refutes popular myths about mineral effects on the budget deficit
Figure 1: Main Sources of Overspending. Rocks contribute comparatively little to the budget crisis.
Figure 2: Breakdown of Rock Overspending. Overspending attributable to rocks is more or less evenly divided amongst the major rock demographics.
Figure 3: Rock Budget Deficits - an historical view. The level of rock involvement in budgetary deficits has been, if nothing else, steady and predictable, reducing the need for complex and uncertain fiscal models.
Figure 4: Rock Unemployment. As a consequence, unemployment in the rock community has remained low throughout the current crisis.
Next week: the so-called "fiscal cliff": harmless metaphor, or mineraphobic ethnic slur?
