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Author Topic: NYTimes breaks down 8.8 Trillion Dollar Bailout in chart  (Read 412 times)
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« on: February 23, 2009, 11:29:56 PM »

http://www.nytimes.com/interactive/2009/02/04/business/20090205-bailout-totals-graphic.html

Cant paste it, worth a look if you are interested.
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« Reply #1 on: February 23, 2009, 11:54:14 PM »

When the numbers get that big (trillions) they cease to have any real meaning.

Who can really comprehend numbers that large?
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« Reply #2 on: February 24, 2009, 12:16:42 AM »

When the numbers get that big (trillions) they cease to have any real meaning.

Who can really comprehend numbers that large?

“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.”

http://thinkprogress.org/2008/09/24/treasury-large-number/

Evidently, not even the "experts" can!
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« Reply #3 on: February 24, 2009, 12:35:22 AM »

“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.”

http://thinkprogress.org/2008/09/24/treasury-large-number/

Evidently, not even the "experts" can!

Gives you a warm, fuzzy feeling, don't it?

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« Reply #4 on: February 24, 2009, 12:42:24 AM »

I like the comment section:

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I think I’m having a really bad nightmare."
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« Reply #5 on: February 24, 2009, 12:44:37 AM »


Yeah and just think of the credit default swap at 60 trillion.. The numbers above and below are mind blowing.... Cry
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