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White House Gets Green by Putting Federal Budget Online

Posted by ryuzaki0 on from the won't-someone-think-of-the-trees dept.

coondoggie writes "Looking to save $1 million, 20 tons of paper, or close to 500 trees, the White House said today President Bush's 2009 Federal Budget will for the first time be posted online. The E-Budget will be available for downloading at the Office of Management and Budget Web site on Feb. 4. Typically the White House has paper-bombed congress and anyone else who wanted to read the budget with a tome which can reach 3,000 pages and weighed multiple pounds each."

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  1. The page uses browser exploits by Anonymous Coward · · Score: 5, Funny

    To force anyone visiting it to print it out.

    1. Re:The page uses browser exploits by nospam007 · · Score: 4, Funny

      The only way the White House is going to get green with the current president is if they call the painters with lots of green paint.

    2. Re:The page uses browser exploits by |deity| · · Score: 3, Funny

      They could also quit writing budgets that require 3,000 pages.

      I'll give the government this, they have more imagination than me, I couldn't come up with 3000 pages of new ways to spend other people's money.

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  2. cash money by User+956 · · Score: 5, Funny

    White House Gets Green by Putting Federal Budget Online

    Really? I thought they got green by taking it out of your paycheck?

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  3. Useful? Maybe not as much as you think... by Ambiguous+Coward · · Score: 4, Funny

    You mean it will actually be searchable in an efficient, reasonable manner? Or will it just be one giant black rectangle playing the part of a 3000-page redaction?

    -G

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    1. Re:Useful? Maybe not as much as you think... by yali · · Score: 5, Funny

      If the do the redactions their usual way, then the answers to both your questions will be "yes."

  4. Re:next debate question by EmbeddedJanitor · · Score: 3, Funny

    "Would you as president maintain a blog?"

    Answer:"No I call the plumber to do all toilet repairs".

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  5. Re:Paperless is good by User+956 · · Score: 5, Funny

    3000 pages??? Just printing the budget puts a nice dent in the budget, huh?

    Seriously. You know that trillion dollar deficit? Two words: Ink Cartridges.

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  6. Must be a short PDF... by themushroom · · Score: 3, Funny

    ...which simply says "70% military, 25% domestic defense, 4.99% other domestic concerns, 0.01% schools and education."

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