True Cost of Economic Freedom Quiz
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Economic Opportunity Quiz
Since 2000, government spending has exploded, expanding our national debt to $22 trillion – and it rises every day that things don’t change.
You know that this is a problem, but just how big of a problem is it? What is the true cost of economic freedom for everyday Americans like you and me?
Do you know the True Cost of Economic Freedom? Enter your information below to take our quiz now and test your knowledge!
WARNING: you may find some of these answers disturbing...
1) If you were to stack the current national debt in one dollar bills, how many times would it reach to the moon and back?:
It would make the 477,800 mile round trip to the moon SIX times! Because of decades of overspending by both parties in Washington, today the national debt clocks in at just over $22 trillion.
2) Do you know how much that national debt averages out to per American citizen?
Right now you and every person in your household would owe $66,890 according to www.usdebtclock.org!
3) Many members of Congress are advocating for “Medicare for All.” This single payer system would cost taxpayers _____ over 10 years.
An in-depth study by the Mercatus Center shows that Medicare for All would cost a staggering $32 trillion in its first 10 years alone to implement!
4) How much would you say the U.S. spends in corporate welfare per year?
According to a study conducted by the Cato Institute, the U.S. spends approximately $100 billion in corporate welfare every year!
5) The individual income tax cut included in the Tax Cuts and Jobs Act is triggered to sunset in:
Unless Congress acts to make them permanent, the individual income tax cuts signed into law by President Trump will expire on December 31, 2025.
6) How many pages is the code of federal regulations today?:
170,000! That’s 42,500 times more pages than the U.S. Constitution!
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Good job. Unfortunately for hardworking taxpayers like you, the correct answers to this quiz mean that our country is heading down the wrong economic path.
Through the support of 3.2 million patriotic citizens like you, Americans for Prosperity is fighting for a government free of rampant cronyism, overspending, and overregulation in Washington and working hard to defuse the ticking time bomb of the $22 trillion debt federal debt before it’s too late.
That’s why we’ve created our WE DEMAND ECONOMIC FREEDOM PETITION; to let lawmakers in Washington know what every day Americans think about overspending and our massive national debt.
Will you take a moment to add your name to our petition?