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The mystery of the missing $2.9 trillion
CS Monitor ^
| 29 Oct 2007
| David R. Francis
Posted on 10/30/2007 11:58:13 AM PDT by BGHater
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posted on
10/30/2007 11:58:14 AM PDT
by
BGHater
To: BGHater
Drat! I thought I could get away with it. I’ll put it back ...
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posted on
10/30/2007 12:00:52 PM PDT
by
ClearCase_guy
(The broken wall, the burning roof and tower. And Agamemnon dead.)
To: BGHater
That's $2.9 with 11 zeros after it. OK, folks, lets's try exactly that:
$2.9 followed by 11 zeroes:
$2.900000000000
Hmmm. Looks like a tad short of three bucks to me.
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posted on
10/30/2007 12:02:42 PM PDT
by
Izzy Dunne
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To: BGHater
If they find the $2.6 trillion they should send it over to me for safe keeping. You can bet that I won’t misplace it.
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posted on
10/30/2007 12:03:40 PM PDT
by
vetsvette
(Bring Him Back)
To: BGHater
Better check out the couch.
5
posted on
10/30/2007 12:04:27 PM PDT
by
BGHater
(Bread and Circuses)
To: BGHater
Check in Murtha’s mattress.
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posted on
10/30/2007 12:06:36 PM PDT
by
Redleg Duke
("All gave some, and some gave all!")
To: BGHater
A $trillion here, a $trillion there. Pretty soon it adds up to real money.
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posted on
10/30/2007 12:07:47 PM PDT
by
chrisser
To: vetsvette
If they find the $2.6 trillion they should send it over to me for safe keeping. You can bet that I wont misplace it.I'd be darn careful with a billionth of that amount.
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posted on
10/30/2007 12:08:52 PM PDT
by
Greg F
(Duncan Hunter is a good man.)
Nigeria?
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posted on
10/30/2007 12:11:08 PM PDT
by
evets
(beer)
To: BGHater
Gotta be my wife (aka “The War Dept.”). She went through about $6 trillion last year, but I’m only missing $3.1 trillion.
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posted on
10/30/2007 12:14:34 PM PDT
by
SaxxonWoods
(...."We're the govt, and we're here to hurt."....)
To: SaxxonWoods
Shoes or purses? You gotta adjust your budget. Try a veto?
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posted on
10/30/2007 12:15:45 PM PDT
by
BGHater
(Bread and Circuses)
To: Izzy Dunne
Sounds like the folks at the Monitor need to retake either remedial mathematics or actual courses in copy editing and proper English grammar.
12
posted on
10/30/2007 12:17:28 PM PDT
by
rabscuttle385
(Sic Semper Tyrannis * U.Va. Engineering * Go Hoos! * Fred Thompson 2008)
To: BGHater
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posted on
10/30/2007 12:17:51 PM PDT
by
freekitty
((May the eagles long fly our beautiful and free American sky.))
To: Izzy Dunne
Ten cents short in fact, with a high degree of scientific accuracy.
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posted on
10/30/2007 12:19:22 PM PDT
by
1rudeboy
To: Izzy Dunne
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posted on
10/30/2007 12:19:59 PM PDT
by
CarrotAndStick
(The articles posted by me needn't necessarily reflect my opinion.)
To: BGHater
Subtracting the value of American international assets from what foreigners own of American assets, they come up with how much Americans are in debt to other nations and their peoples. I'm sure we'll be forgiven the debt, just as we've forgiven trillions in debts to us from poorer nations.
/s>
To: BGHater
I got my Billion.
No, really it came in the mail. I thought it was just a clerical error in my tax return. I was going to return it (if the government asked). Or it could have been a government program to help the handicap (I’m bald. A true victim)
Or as they say in Washington “ a billion here, a billion there, pretty soon it adds up!”
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posted on
10/30/2007 12:23:00 PM PDT
by
truemiester
(If the U.S. should fail, a veil of darkness will come over the Earth for a thousand years)
To: BGHater
Somebody post the U.S.S Odessy from Stargate...that’s where the cash went...
As Yoda would say.
“To build those space battle cruisers, expensive it is...hmmmm”
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posted on
10/30/2007 12:26:23 PM PDT
by
in hoc signo vinces
("Houston, TX...a waiting quagmire for jihadis.")
To: Redleg Duke
Check in Murthas mattress. Or Jefferson's freezer.
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posted on
10/30/2007 12:29:49 PM PDT
by
Izzy Dunne
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To: BGHater
A quarter century ago, the US was the world's largest creditor nation. That went over the cliff, same as American leadership in the past 25 years.
More evidence the U.S. government should be dramatically slashed and reduced in size before they're policies and incompetence completely bankrupt the country.
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posted on
10/30/2007 12:34:19 PM PDT
by
dragnet2
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