Billion Quotations | Page 9

Now the proposal is yet again another $150 billion before we start to think about a freeze. But $150 billion spent on more government programs; monies being created to direct and what kind of jobs that Washington thinks ought to be created. Come on. I mean there is a government that can help, and the government can also hurt.

Obamacare, without a single Republican vote, cut $700 billion out of Medicare.

Obama came in and gave $700 billion to the bankers off the top as opposed to giving $700 billion to the poor.

Nuclear is an option we need to give serious consideration. We're a couple of years away from saying, 'Yes, we'll spend $1 billion or more to build a nuclear power plant.' But we've reached the point where we need to take certain steps so we can maintain the nuclear option.

Given RIM is likely to generate at least $1.5 billion in revenue from the U.S. alone this year, it just would make a lot of sense for RIM to settle for whatever amount they can.

Getting a sample from a comet but not landing on it, is probably the best chance we have of discovering what the solar system was like 4.5 billion years ago.

Give consideration to the fact that alien astronomers could have scrutinized Earth for more than 4 billion years without detecting any radio signals, despite the fact that our world is the poster child for habitability.

Freight and passenger traffic are forecast to grow in the 5 to 6 per cent range during the year but the industry is projected to record another loss of over US$4 billion for 2006.

Freddy's given him a blueprint. He must put forward a real way to secure the $23 billion from Albany, reduce class size and come up with a better way to track kids.

Freddy's given him a blueprint, ... He must put forward a real way to secure the $23 billion from Albany, reduce class size and come up with a better way to track kids.