We've got to quit thinking like that.
Because of the seemingly bottomless hole we're in, everyone is treating a billion dollars as though it was chump change.
We need to be looking at, and slashing the budget- a million dollars at a time. Every million counts like yards on football field. A billion should be considered a Hail Mary. Without this attitude we'll never score.
(Sorry, got "carried" away on the football analogy)