$157 billion? What on earth are these people talking about. Seriously! $157 billion? That is an entire order of magnitude more than the bills actually price tag of $17.8 billion.

Last week, Will at Horse’s ass pointed out Kemper Freeman (any relation to this guy?*) is sponsoring a group that straight-up exaggerates the bill by an order of magnitude as well.

Seriously, I read every news article about these issues I can find and I am still confused by what these folks are talking about. But I guess that’s the point.

*Okay sorry low-blow. But people who lie to the community so much deserve some lying back about them.