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Big Bucks

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September 12, 2008 9:44 a.m.
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Earmark factoid of the day.

How much money would it take to provide earmarks for all Americans at the same rate that Sarah Palin bagged them for Wasila? On an annual basis?

A mere half a trillion dollars.

Exact number $422,302,519,152.

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