Give or take a few bucks...
The figure for all of the claims against the federal government for its lousy response to the Katrina disaster is in.
And it's pretty big.
It's $3,014,170,389,176,410.
That's more than 3 quadrillion bucks, for those keeping score at home.
For comparison, the gross domestic product of the United States, the entire country, is $13.2 trillion.
Now, it may sound like a lot, but one the lawyers' fees and expenses are deducted, the people of New Orleans will get about $3.98.
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