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He asserted that the government doles out “hundreds of billions of dollars, under the act. ... They take our money, and they don’t spend it.”
From Los Angeles Times ● Jul. 21, 2026
Crisis chief executive Matt Downie said it was "absolutely fantastic" to see Burnham's pledge, adding it signalled a shift away from "simply managing homelessness, which costs billions to the public purse".
From BBC ● Jul. 20, 2026
The media companies likely to bid on coming U.S. rights also already have tens of billions of dollars locked in for other sports—with potential increases on the horizon.
From The Wall Street Journal ● Jul. 20, 2026
As governments and companies pour hundreds of billions of dollars into developing AI, sceptics are asking whether the technology will be profitable enough to justify such huge investments.
From BBC ● Jul. 20, 2026
Subprime mortgage lending was still a trivial fraction of the U.S. credit markets—a few tens of billions in loans each year—but its existence made sense, even to Steve Eisman.
From "The Big Short" by Michael Lewis
