What’s 4 billion among friends?
“A billion here, a billion there, and pretty soon you’re talking real money.” Last week, most of the state government types in Sacramento probably could have told you that the late Senator Everett Dirksen (R-IL) said that, just like they could have told you the state budget has a $10 billion [...]

Bush League Accounting
“A billion here, a billion there, pretty soon you’re talking real money”, Senator Everett M. Dirksen is supposed to have said. If a few billions are real money, then what’s a few trillion? Nothing to worry about, according to White House Press Secretary Dana Perino.