Government Math

I think I have finally figured out what the problem is. Our elected officials are mathematically challenged!

Now I am sure you are asking how I came up with this theory. Well it is simple actually. First, take a look at the recent issues in the Housing / Banking industries. According to our politicians, who are in charge of oversight in these industries, they saw nothing wrong and felt that they were financially stable.

Also, consider the recent spate of tax issues that “the best & the brightest” have had recently. I mean, first you have the Treasury Secretary and he screwed up over $30K. Then you had the Health & Human Services nominee and he messed up over $145K, and now Kathleen Sebelius, the new Health & Human Services nominee, has her own issues. Apparently she is much better because her math problems only amount to $7k.

I was thinking it was all intentional, until today. You see, that’s when I had the “light bulb” moment.

Our Government just cannot understand math………. At least not in the way “we the people” have all been taught.

Consider the following statement:

“90 percent of the weapons used to commit crimes in Mexico come from the United States."

Simple enough right. If this was a standard text book question, you could easily deduce that out of 100 weapons, 90 were from the United States. Correct? Good, follow me here.

Who made this statement you ask? Well, apparently a lot of our so called whiz kids.

Secretary of State Hillary Clinton said it to reporters on a flight to Mexico City.

California democrat Sen. Dianne Feinstein said it at a Senate hearing. Actually she went further stating: "It is unacceptable to have 90 percent of the guns that are picked up in Mexico and used to shoot judges, police officers and mayors ... come from the United States."

Even a top law enforcement official, William Hoover, assistant director for field operations at the Bureau of Alcohol, Tobacco, Firearms and Explosives, testified in the House of Representatives that "there is more than enough evidence to indicate that over 90 percent of the firearms that have either been recovered in, or interdicted in transport to Mexico, originated from various sources within the United States."

So, upon review it is clear that 90% is 90%......... right? Not so quick zippy, you see we are talking government math here. And that’s not really so black and white.

When is 90% not really 90% you ask? Well, when it is only about 17%.

Folks, either the Government is filled with academically challenged individuals, or they are lying to us… Again.

You see, there is a shred of truth to the theory of 90%, and here it is:

"………over 90 percent of the traced firearms originate from the U.S."

So what’s the problem you ask? Ah, you missed it didn’t you. Look closely and you will see one little problem and that is “traced.” Here it is, in actual black and white.

In 2007-2008, according to the ATF, 11,000 guns were submitted to the ATF for tracing. Close to 6,000 were successfully traced and of those, 90 percent (5,114 to be exact), were found to have come from the U.S. (according to testimony in Congress by William Hoover)

But in those same two years, according to the Mexican government, 29,000 guns were recovered at crime scenes. In other words, 68 percent of the guns that were recovered were never submitted for tracing. And when you weed out the roughly 6,000 guns that could not be traced from the remaining 32 percent, it means 83 percent of the guns found at crime scenes in Mexico could not be traced to the U.S.

Here is what I do know.

From the attorney general on down, everyone seems to be looking to tie the violence and problems in Mexico to firearms here in an effort to enact more restrictions against legal civilian ownership.

Now, irregardless of your position on the topic of gun control, you have to ask yourself this question. If the government, which you elected, has no qualms of lying to you to pursue their agenda, what else would they be willing to lie to you about?

So folks, it’s your call to make, mathematically challenged, or bold faced liars? It’s getting so lately that I can’t even tell anymore.

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