$700 billion is a large figure, I'll give you that

You're probably wondering, where did the experts in charge of all of the Wall Street bailout come up with the $700 billion figure. Why not $500 billion? Or a trillion?

Forbes.com asked the Treasury Department and got this answer:

"It's not based on any particular data point. We just wanted to choose a really large number."

Have a nice day! See you in the bread line!