holy shit.
Just saw the answer to why $700 billion for the bailout, as opposed to $100 billion, or a trillon, or whatever:
“It’s not based on any particular data point,” a Treasury spokeswoman told Forbes.com Tuesday. “We just wanted to choose a really large number.”
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He then added “I mean, whatever. Who can keep track with that much money?”
…Seriously? Somebody actually said that?
“I had originally said ‘$700′ but then Gerogre Bush shock his head and made this little hand gesture with his thumb like “No! Go higher”!