# What Is the Point of a $400,000,000 Bill?

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**Category:** The BBQ Pit\
**Created:** [March 15, 2013, 8:39pm UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/what-is-the-point-of-a-400-000-000-bill/653038 "2013-03-15T20:39:44Z")\
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**Author:** ![Bryan\_Ekers](https://sea3.discourse-cdn.com/straightdope/user_avatar/boards.straightdope.com/bryan_ekers/32/183_2.png) [@Bryan\_Ekers](https://boards.straightdope.com/u/Bryan_Ekers)\
**Post date:** [March 19, 2013, 4:53pm UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/what-is-the-point-of-a-400-000-000-bill/653038/21 "2013-03-19T16:53:20Z")

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I’m still paying for that time I ate chicken wings in the Louvre.

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**Author:** ![pantheon](https://avatars.discourse-cdn.com/v4/letter/p/6bbea6/32.png) [@pantheon](https://boards.straightdope.com/u/pantheon)\
**Post date:** [March 22, 2013, 6:56pm UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/what-is-the-point-of-a-400-000-000-bill/653038/22 "2013-03-22T18:56:17Z")

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Title III also protects employees by limiting the amount of earnings that may be garnished in any workweek or pay period to the lesser of 25 percent of disposable earnings or the amount by which disposable earnings are greater than 30 times the federal minimum hourly wage prescribed by Section 6(a) (1) of the Fair Labor Standards Act of 1938. This limit applies regardless of how many garnishment orders an employer receives.

[http://www.dol.gov/whd/garnishment/index.htm](http://www.dol.gov/whd/garnishment/index.htm)

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**Author:** ![Cheesesteak](https://sea3.discourse-cdn.com/straightdope/user_avatar/boards.straightdope.com/cheesesteak/32/3694_2.png) [@Cheesesteak](https://boards.straightdope.com/u/Cheesesteak)\
**Post date:** [March 22, 2013, 7:12pm UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/what-is-the-point-of-a-400-000-000-bill/653038/23 "2013-03-22T19:12:08Z")

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It’s not entirely insane. Powerball is at $320 Million this week.

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