Why does equity go up when expenses are added?

[Andrew Anderson]

This may seem superbly silly to most users out there familiar with 
accounting, but I cannot understand it at all. Why does my equity go up when 
I add any type of expense - such as electricity, phone book, etc? My assets 
go down - as they should, since I'm pulling the money from my CASH account, 
but the equity goes up!?... why?

If someone could fill me in on this I would be ever so appreciative.



Thank You,

Andrew D. Anderson