THis makes altogether to much sense I think

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Nice idea. Bad math.

$425.00 each.

Birk was probably a Brit. To a Brit, a 'billion' is a million million. A US 'billion' is but a thousand million.

That's a problem with doing word problems across the pond. Gotta use numbers.

I come up with the same number as you, Oz, $425.

But the original post did NOT use the the term "billion", but said "$85,000,000,000.00", which is an American billion. Somebody just screwed up.

I'm with denu, though. I'd rather see that money in my pocket than go to some bank that's just paid $20 million to an out-of-work CEO. Instead of giving those "golden parachutes" to the bosses, how about spread that money out to all the drones who are losing their jobs? Or, even more controversial, GIVE IT BACK TO THE DEPOSITORS! IT'S OUR MONEY, ASSHOLES!