>I think this is just a negotiating tactic, "high balling", I suppose I'd
>call it. We need the money NOW! OK, tomorrow. OK, next week. The
>faster they can ram the deal through, the fewer reporting requirements
>and oversight can be attached to it.
Seems like it.
"It's not based on any particular data point," a Treasury spokeswoman told Forbes.com Tuesday. "We just wanted to choose a really large number."
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