ExFed

You could give 25 million people who are either veterans or disabled a million dollars…

Not to rain on your parade (I think the idea of a military parade is patiently wasteful and dumb, meanwhile we don’t do enough as a nation to care for veterans and disabled people), but that would be a lot more than $45 million. More like $25 trillion… or 25,000x $1 billion… or 25,000,000x $1 million.

Broad brush, indeed; it seems like their most outspoken clergy is a whole lot more liberal than their most outspoken congregants… But, yeah, “validated and honored” sounds about right.