Here's a great quote

[Archaea]

and a certain librarian helped direct me to it. In response to how the Treasury determined to use the 700 Billion dollar bailout figure,

"It's not based on any particular data point," a Treasury spokeswoman told Forbes on Tuesday. "We just wanted to choose a really large number."

[exUte]

Originally Posted by Archaea

and a certain librarian helped direct me to it. In response to how the Treasury determined to use the 700 Billion dollar bailout figure,

I trust to this point.