In 2000, George W. Bush repeatedly referred to the "fuzzy math" Al Gore used in explaining the costs of government programs.
How's this for fuzzy: the war the Bush administration priced out at $50 billion is now pushing the $360,000,000,000 mark (remember when Bush fired economic adviser Lawrence Lindsey, in part for predicting the war would top $200 billion?).
The new estimate for the Iraq war: $1.2 trillion.
I think you're missing three zeros on that number above.
ReplyDelete$360 billion = $360,000,000,000
Talk about fuzzy math. Thanks, Sam.
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