2009-07-20bloomberg.com

Some numbers are so large they simply become incomprehensible. Remember when costs of the bailout were projected to be $0.5 Trillion, then $1 Trillion, then $3 Trillion.

Now, Neil Barofsky, special inspector general for the Treasury’s Troubled Asset Relief Program says U.S. Rescue May Reach $23.7 Trillion.



Comments:

PC LOAD LETTER at 03:53 2009-07-21 said:
Wrong link, this is the correct one:

http://www.bloomberg.com/apps/news?pid=20601087&sid=aZ27ITF7gaoQ Permalink

catherine at 03:59 2009-07-21 said:
100 trillion before this mess is done, 100 trillion.............

PEOPLE WERE called tinfoil crazy with that figure two years ago............now it is just 4 times what we have spent

AND WE ARE FOUR TIMES MORE SCREWED THAN WE WERE 2 YEARS AGO...................AND THIS MESS REALLY HASN'T STARTED YET............ Permalink

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