Playing ketchup

One of the things that’s kind of disheartening about the recent economic bump in the road we’re all trying to get through is how cavalier people are about throwing around such astronomically huge numbers. A billion dollars here, a billion dollars there. Pretty soon, your actually talking about real money. In fact the government so far has committed $11.6 trillion in financial support to failing businesses (banks, auto companies, insurers, mortgage brokers). Now, $11.6 trillion doesn’t reall