The $600 Toilet Seat of the Spendulus


	The $600 Toilet Seat of the Spendulus

merrie

7-16-2009 10:21 PM

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$18 million in additional funds, epicenter of stimulus data, recovery.gov web site

merrie says:

Wow. $18 million. Seems high. It leaves the less tech-savvy amongst us to ask, what is the going rate for a professional web design these days?

A quick cost estimate from www.DesignQuote.net offers us a curious calculation. According to the site, the top-end estimate for a premium web design from a professional firm flush with all the bells and whistles, flash pages, search functions, digital graphics, and 500 pages of content comes in at a whopping….$192,740.

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