A Billion Or So

Some years ago a story was going around and I don't if it was true or not. Some politicians were having a heated discussion about the federal budget and how much waste there was. They were throwing around a lot of numbers and finally one says, " A million here, a million there and pretty soon its going to add up to some real money" If you look at some of the worst examples of how governments spend our tax dollars, you can understand the mentality of a politician saying "pretty soon its going to add up" This morning, while watching the financial news, they were talking about who would get the bid for 350 new training jets for the military. Experts agree that Its between Boeing and Lockheed . The announcer then said something that got my attention. '"Analysts estimate the Boeing team already has spent $1 billion to $3 billion on development costs associated with its new trainer." One to three billion? Like the politician said, billion here, billion there, Pretty soon its going to add up to some serious money.