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Of course (K)Rudd got his inspiration for Christmas handouts from fellow Australian Russell Crowe
Crowe believes the US government should give each American $US1 million ($1.26 million).
His reasoning is the US has a population of about 300 million, so the $US300 million outlay is a fraction of the $US700 billion financial bailout package rejected by politicians in Washington DC yesterday.
"I was thinking," Crowe said.
"If they want to stimulate the economy and get people spending so they can look after their mortgage ... give everyone $1 million."
At least Crowe isn't meant to know what that would do to the economy...
posted by Cactus Kate at 6:57 PM
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Difference between US billion and UK billion? Not to try to excuse him for being an innumerate idiot.
"I was thinking," Crowe said.
Bullshit!
To be fair to Russ le Roq, perhaps he was thinking in terms of the obsolete definition of billion, which was once understood to mean a million million. Only then would US$300 billion be a fraction of US$700 billion. But let's not worry about what that would do to the price of plasma televisions.
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