Tag: billion

$15 Billion in Reparations from…Boston – HotAir

Leftist churches in Boston are calling on their fellows to get behind a plan for reparations for Black Bostonians to the tune of 15 BILLION dollars…and that is, they say, just a start.  To put that in perspective, the White population of Boston is about 300,000, more or less, who are being asked to shell […]

We Need *Another* $100 Billion for High-Speed Rail – HotAir

Hey, a hundred billion here, a hundred billion there, and pretty soon you’re talking about real money. But apparently not real progress. When I first started writing about California’s high-speed rail boondoggle thirteen years ago, its advocates claimed they could connect Los Angeles and San Francisco for $33 billion. After getting $3.5 billion from the […]

Judge Tries to Take $55 Billion From Musk – HotAir

The world’s richest man had a bad day in court this week. A judge in Delaware ruled that Elon Musk is ineligible to receive a compensation package from Tesla worth an estimated $55 billion. This is a case that has dragged out for five years and the merits of the arguments coming from both sides […]