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> [Why would I spend $5 billion for something in order to wreck it?](https://sms4smile.com/quotes/rupert-murdoch/why-would-i-spend-5-billion-for-something-in-order-to-wreck-it/)

[Rupert Murdoch](https://sms4smile.com/quotes/author/rupert-murdoch/)

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> [It's a terribly hard job to spend a billion dollars and get your money's worth.](https://sms4smile.com/quotes/george-m-humphrey/it-s-a-terribly-hard-job-to-spend-a-billion-dollars-and-get-your/)

[George M. Humphrey](https://sms4smile.com/quotes/author/george-m-humphrey/)

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> [It makes no sense to spend $6 billion a month to go after 100 Al Qaeda in Afghanistan.](https://sms4smile.com/quotes/robert-greenwald/it-makes-no-sense-to-spend-6-billion-a-month-to-go-after-100-al-qaeda/)

[Robert Greenwald](https://sms4smile.com/quotes/author/robert-greenwald/)

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> [In sectors like energy, I haven't been arguing for more spending per se; I've been arguing that it doesn't make sense for…](https://sms4smile.com/quotes/barack-obama/in-sectors-like-energy-i-haven-t-been-arguing-for-more-spending-per/)

[Barack Obama](https://sms4smile.com/quotes/author/barack-obama/)

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> [It's curious that only in Washington can you spend $2 billion and claim that you're saving money.](https://sms4smile.com/quotes/rand-paul/it-s-curious-that-only-in-washington-can-you-spend-2-billion-and/)

[Rand Paul](https://sms4smile.com/quotes/author/rand-paul/)

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> [Our friends up north spend over five billion dollars on research and development and all they seem to do is copy Google…](https://sms4smile.com/quotes/steve-jobs/our-friends-up-north-spend-over-five-billion-dollars-on-research-and/)

[Steve Jobs](https://sms4smile.com/quotes/author/steve-jobs/)

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