How much is $6.2 billion?
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The new budget deficit is $6.2 billion in Minnesota.
How much is that?
$6.2 billion is....
... the total payroll for legislators if the Minnesota House of Representatives had 199,100 state representatives, or one state rep for every 26 people who live in Minnesota.
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... the cost to use the state airplane to ferry the governor hunting every weekend (weather permitting) until December 2, 2739.
... how much you would have counted out if you started now and counted out dollar bills every second and don't stop for the next 196 years.
... roughly the amount it would take to build one new fully-loaded high school in every county in Minnesota.
... approximately the entire year's income for everyone in St. Paul.
... enough to pay unemployment benefits for the next three years for all of those currently receiving them in Minnesota.
... what it would cost to build 62 miles of light rail.
... all the license tab fees paid in this state for the next 12 years.
... the cost of running a radio ad on a Sioux Falls radio station every 20 minutes for the next 2,359 years, urging businesses there to move to Minnesota.
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