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It's JUST a trillion dollars
Posted: Fri Mar 06, 2009 8:00 pm
by raccol
When the politicians [SPIT] say it's JUST a trillion dollars, you'll better understand what they mean instead of it being some nebulous concept.
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Re: It's JUST a trillion dollars
Posted: Sat Mar 07, 2009 12:48 pm
by roberts
That's a nice visual.
"If you started the day Jesus Christ was born and spent $1 million every day since then, you still wouldn't have spent $1 trillion."
Senate Minority Leader Mitch McConnell , R-Ky
Re: It's JUST a trillion dollars
Posted: Sun Mar 08, 2009 11:22 am
by bdickens
A trillion dollars here, a trillion dollars there, pretty soon you're talking about real money!
Re: It's JUST a trillion dollars
Posted: Sun Mar 08, 2009 11:33 am
by Lodge2004
roberts wrote:"If you started the day Jesus Christ was born and spent $1 million every day since then, you still wouldn't have spent $1 trillion."
Senate Minority Leader Mitch McConnell , R-Ky
If my math is correct, you would have to start spending $1 million every day around the time Rome was founded and Homer was writing the Illiad.