Scary

[cherydactyl]

IMO, a version of this with a grey area for the extra $ in a pie the same size of the bailout pie would have been more visually effective.

Only, I'm wondering if this is right...is this falling afoul of the American Billion vs. British Billion problem? I didn't think our bailout was in the trillions yet....

Apparently, the source for the numbers is this article at Boing Boing porsted by Cory Doctrow. It includes the Citi bailout money, which is why it's over 4 trillion.

Yikes.



Oh My. There are some sources out there saying it's even worse than that:
http://www.ritholtz.com/blog/2008/12/calculating-the-total-bailout-costs/

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[cherydactyl.livejournal.com]

I did hear an interview recently with a guy who wrote "model" term papers for hire (ya, right). That's just about the same thing sometimes, isn't it? It sounded like he had a good time, and didn't sweat the small stuff. He even turned in a couple of his clients by faxing the original to their professors when they were a**holes.