Fed Budget Bill Amounts to $3 Million Per Word
We can't live without a single cent of it!
Talk about words more costly than gold.
The giant federal budget bill that Congress passed late Thursday will cost taxpayers nearly $3 million per word, or if you want to really think big, almost $700 million per page.
The bill authorizes $1.1 trillion in spending. It is 1,582 pages long. An Internet word counting program said it has 370,445 words, numbers and symbols. So simple math comes up with $2.9 million per word average and $695 million per page average, though different parts of the budget package spend more than others sections.
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At that much per word you'd think it would be worth reading. Oh wait, it's not the legislator's money is it?
it's the money of his grandchildren after he's dead. so what does he care.