Costs to the Government

From The Washington Post via Chart Porn.

An excellent interactive that demonstrates the differing consequences of allowing some or all of "The Bush Tax Cuts" to expire ....... or not.

What's really interesting to me are the headings within the interactive.

Let all cuts expire - Cost to Gov't: No cost

Obama's plan - Cost to Gov't: $3 trillion

Extend all cuts - Cost to Gov't: $3.7 trillion

If you just sit there and think about it even a little, shouldn't it read? 

Let all cuts expire - Cost to American Taxpayers - $3.7 trillion

Obama's plan - Cost to American Taxpayers - $700 Billion

Extend all cuts - Cost to American Taxpayers: No additional cost

Click on the chart below to link to the interactive.