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Thursday, October 09, 2003

 
A LITTLE PERSPECTIVE ON $87 BILLION
A billion dollars here, a billion dollars there...

On September 7th, 2003, President Bush announced on national television that he was asking the Congress to grant him an additional $87 billion dollars for the next fiscal year, beginning October 1, to continue the fight on terror in Iraq and Afghanistan.

But $87 billion is an impossibly high number for anyone to visualize. Take a look at $87,000,000,000.00.

With thanks to Gen Kanai via Metafilter

# posted by Ingrid J. Jones @ 10/09/2003
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