"If you are neutral in situations of injustice, you have chosen the side of the oppressor. If an elephant has its foot on the tail of a mouse and you say that you are neutral, the mouse will not appreciate your neutrality." --Bishop Desmond Tutu

Thursday, September 25, 2008

"...a really large number."

That's the thinking that went into determining the $700 Billion bailout number. Seriously. I'm not kidding. That's what aTreasury official told Forbes.
"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."
We're officially living in the world of Idiocracy.

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