A trillion here, a trillion there — pretty soon you start talking serious money (почти с)
"The stimulus package the U.S. Congress is completing would raise the government’s commitment to solving the financial crisis to
$9.7 trillion"
"The remaining
$8 trillion is in lending programs and guarantees, almost all under the Fed and FDIC.
Recipients’ names have not been disclosed."
U.S. Taxpayers Risk $9.7 Trillion on Bailout Programs —
Bloomberg.com: News
з.ы. ПМСМ такие цифири — это "Зимбабве экспресс". Никто столько в долг не даст, даже если бы мог. Доктор Гоно, образно выражаясь, апплодирует стоя, а ещё недавно апплодировал сидя.
"I sit back and see the world today crying over the recent credit crunch, becoming hysterical about something which has not even lasted a year. I have been living with it for 10 years. My country has had to go for the past decade without credit. ...
To ensure that my people survive, I had to print money. I found myself doing extraordinary things that aren't in the textbooks." —
I See the World Crying - The Daily Beast