You can't make this stuff up

So you know that solution to the financial crisis that Henry Paulson came up with? You know, the $700 Billion bailout plan? You would think that the $700B number would be based on financial models, forecasts, and actuarial analysis. At the very least, you'd think it was based on SOMETHING. Well, you'd be wrong:

"It's not based on any particular data point," a Treasury spokeswoman told Forbes.com Tuesday. "We just wanted to choose a really large number."

Oh holy crap.... You seriously can't make this stuff up