[RightWhale]

$15 billion seems like a lot, but they sneeze bigger than that every day in DC. Anybody who doesn't think in $trillions is easy to ignore.

[RightWhale]

This is where the problem is. There are still a few who think about what gov't should or should not spend rather than about dropping the Treaty.

[LexBaird]

$15 billion seems like a lot, but they sneeze bigger than that every day in DC. Anybody who doesn't think in $trillions is easy to ignore.

Today, a blue ribbon panel proposed a budget of 12 billion dollars over 10 years to deal with Los Angeles county's homeless population. The LA Unified School District has an annual budget of close to 1 billion dollars.