The mortgage bailout of a few weeks ago is also "funded" for 300 billion. So, double the cost to the responsible American!
I'm really tired of having responsible American being made responsible for everyone else's irresponsibility! Jeff -----Original Message----- From: Horace Heffner [mailto:[EMAIL PROTECTED] Sent: Monday, June 16, 2008 2:20 PM To: Vortex-L Subject: Re: [Vo]:Ethanol not all bad? On Jun 16, 2008, at 10:03 AM, Michael Foster wrote: > > For example, the recent "meager" farm subsidy bill was $307 > billion! That's $1000 for each person in the U.S., or roughly $2600 > per household. How is this meager? I just wrote: "I don't like to be picky, but I think that is roughly a dollar per person, or about $3 per household." Slight mistake on my part! Only 3 orders of magnitude! Do you have a reference on the above. That seems a bit high. Over what period? Best regards, Horace Heffner http://www.mtaonline.net/~hheffner/ No virus found in this incoming message. Checked by AVG. Version: 7.5.524 / Virus Database: 270.3.0/1504 - Release Date: 6/15/2008 5:52 PM No virus found in this outgoing message. Checked by AVG. Version: 7.5.524 / Virus Database: 270.3.0/1504 - Release Date: 6/15/2008 5:52 PM
