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Sunday, 05/04/2008 4:22:53 PM

Sunday, May 04, 2008 4:22:53 PM

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The difference between a million, a billion and a trillion

U.S. could add $770M in food aid
Bush proposal comes along with request for $178B in war funding
Sue Kirchhoff and Richard Wolf
USA TODAY
May 3, 2008

The words “Mllion,” “Billion” and “Trillion” look and sound pretty much the same.

But if you stacked up thousand-dollar bills to reach,...

One Million, it would reach four inches high.

One Billion thousand-dollar bills stacked up is around 333 feet high.

One Trillion is about 63 MILES high.

In other words, a trillion is much, MUCH bigger.

But President Bush, who has asked Congress to approve another $187 Billion in new funding for the Iraq war, is trying to distract the public by also requesting $770 Million in global food aid.

The President’s strategists are betting that people will get mixed up by the size of the two numbers. Obligingly, USA Today newspaper ran a big front page headline on May 2nd, that said “US COULD ADD $770M in FOOD AID.” In small letters below, USA Today mentions “Bush proposal comes along with request for $178B in war funding.”

Unless you read very closely, it is quite easy to miss the difference between the “M” and the “B” — and to miss the fact that the President is asking for 250 times more money for the Iraq War than for food aid.

Indeed, the next 6 paragraphs of the article describe how this $770M in food generosity is being praised by charities - with barely a mention of those pesky $178B for the war.

http://threetrilliondollarwar.org/


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