Because “a zillion” would be overkill

[Joelle]

Because "a zillion" would be overkill
      

How exactly did the U.S. Treasury come up with the $700 billion price tag for its bailout package, recently known in the financial blogosphere as “the Splurge”?
“It’s not based on any particular data point,” a Treasury spokeswoman told You are not allowed to view links. Register or Login last week. “We just wanted to choose a really large number.”
Well, that’s reassuring.
UPDATE: It seems that [...]
         

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