Greetings, loyal minions. Your Maximum Leader hears that we are living in a new age. One where corporations will no longer engage in creative accounting and other financial slights-of-hand.

Lucky for us the Federal Government is under no such restriction.

Did you see the little tidbit on the AP last week? Your Maximum Leader almost missed it. Ready? Here tis: Gov’t Budget Surplus Hits $21B for January.

So let your Maximum Leader see if he gets it. The Feds collected $230 billion in January. The Feds also only happened to spend $209 billion in January. So the Feds came out $21 billion ahead.

Until next month when tax reciepts hit the $225 billion level (February is a short month) and spending hits the $500 gagillion level. Okay… It might not be $500 gagillion. But we all know the number is close to that…

Your Maximum Leader is still wondering why one would be proud of having a “surplus” for one month when you have a national debt in the bagillions of dollars…

Carry on.