tag:blogger.com,1999:blog-11906042.post7157639841067654136..comments2024-03-30T00:09:27.602+13:00Comments on Not PC: Biggest bill everPeter Cresswellhttp://www.blogger.com/profile/10699845031503699181noreply@blogger.comBlogger6125tag:blogger.com,1999:blog-11906042.post-61119637714105179292009-07-27T13:09:49.594+12:002009-07-27T13:09:49.594+12:00The Louisiana Purchase, I remember reading, was on...The Louisiana Purchase, I remember reading, was one time when Thomas Jefferson, as president, seriously overstepped the boundaries set by the U.S. Constitution.Richard McGrathhttps://www.blogger.com/profile/11485082980018421590noreply@blogger.comtag:blogger.com,1999:blog-11906042.post-70741192358499130762009-07-27T12:34:18.172+12:002009-07-27T12:34:18.172+12:00"'purchasing Louisiana from the Spanish.&..."<i>'purchasing Louisiana from the Spanish.' <br />Technically it was the French, wasn't it. . . </i>"<br /><br />Oops, yes of course. Well spotted.Peter Cresswellhttps://www.blogger.com/profile/10699845031503699181noreply@blogger.comtag:blogger.com,1999:blog-11906042.post-71873692562496215302009-07-27T12:20:24.769+12:002009-07-27T12:20:24.769+12:00"purchasing Louisiana from the Spanish"...."purchasing Louisiana from the Spanish".<br /><br />Technically it was the French, wasn't it, Louisiana having been returned to French control (from the Spanish) by Bonaparte in secret a few years earlier.Susnoreply@blogger.comtag:blogger.com,1999:blog-11906042.post-92095348343082782112009-07-27T12:08:52.069+12:002009-07-27T12:08:52.069+12:00Further to your comment, Richard, it's the fis...Further to your comment, Richard, it's the fiscal equivalent to Stalin's comment about murder.<br /><br />One being a crime (?); one million being a statistic. The larger the figure, the lesser the overall impact.<br /><br />Dare I say that it doesn't add up?Susnoreply@blogger.comtag:blogger.com,1999:blog-11906042.post-70061850318480048492009-07-27T11:35:39.422+12:002009-07-27T11:35:39.422+12:00Just as it is difficult to come to grips with just...Just as it is difficult to come to grips with just how much a trillion is, it is hard to grasp the magnitude of this spend up, when you consider this dwarfs all other spending on those mammoth govt projects which were gigantic wastes of money in their own right.<br /><br />"Gargantuan" would not be overstating the scale of this spending. And as PC points out, the red graph represents only about a quarter of the total 'rescue package'.Richard McGrathhttps://www.blogger.com/profile/11485082980018421590noreply@blogger.comtag:blogger.com,1999:blog-11906042.post-49148964492258100592009-07-27T11:11:31.797+12:002009-07-27T11:11:31.797+12:00Sometimes the word "mind-boggling" isn&#...Sometimes the word "mind-boggling" isn't enough. And this is one just case.<br /><br />Astonishing.Susnoreply@blogger.com