Wednesday, November 26, 2008

American Thinker Blog: The cost of the bailout - in perspective

With no apparent end in sight, just what is this bail out costing each and every US citizen??

American Thinker Blog: The cost of the bailout - in perspective

The cost of the bailout - in perspective

Ethel C. Fenig
As the late Senator Everett Dirksen (R-IL) once said, "A million here, a million there and pretty soon you're talking about a lot of money."  That philosophy came to mind hearing every day about a trillion here, a trillion there for a government sponsored "bailout" of this or that vital industry.   
So how much money is this; how big are  these numbers with all the zeroes after them?  Barry Ritholz puts it all in scary context.   

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