Billion here, billion there (1955, 1956)

[Laurence Horn]

At 2:27 AM -0400 6/1/05, Bapopik at AOL.COM wrote:
>What did we have on this?

I think the common folklore attributes this (often in the form "a
billion here, a billion there, and pretty soon you're talking about
real money") to Sen. Everett Dirksen (R-Ill.), from sometime in the
1950s.  I don't have any citations to support this attribution.

Larry

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>The Washington Post and Times Herald  (1954-1959). Washington, D.C.: Jan 22,
>1955. p. 18 (1 page)
>Harman W. Nichols, of the United Press, sends me a dollar for Children's
>Hospital pinned in a cartoon from "Taxpayers' Dollar," published by the U.S.
>Chamber of Commerce.
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>The cartoon shows two fellows walking down the street, and caption reveals
>that the one is explaining in the other:
>"You save a billion here, a billion there, and the first thing you  know--it
>mounts up."
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>WALTER TROHAN. Chicago Daily Tribune (1872-1963). Chicago, Ill.: Jul 7, 1956.
>  p. 7 (1 page) :
>Former President Herbert Hoover, who has twice headed commissions which
>recommended means of streamlining the government and saving tax
>dollars,  believes
>that if the federal government will save a billion here and a billion  there
>it will soon add up to a substantial amount.
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