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Staffer's Ten-Year Economic Projection

A dense sheaf of fiscal forecasts stretches a decade into uncertainty, gripped tightly by a determined staffer barreling through the hallway. President Bartlet halts the advance with a glare, his voice dripping sarcasm as he demands projections accurate 'within a trillion dollars'—then escalates the mockery, quipping for a Ouija board and magic wand to match its prophetic delusions. The document quivers under assault, emblem of bureaucratic overreach invading urgent presidential space.

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S2E16 · Somebody's Going to Emergency, Somebody's Going to Jail

Bartlet Sarcastically Dismisses Ten-Year Projections

Staffer clutches and presents the dense sheaf of decade-spanning fiscal forecasts in the hallway press, its inaccuracy savaged by Bartlet's trillion-dollar sarcasm; it embodies overreaching bureaucracy, tasked for retrieval post-mockery to underscore prophetic delusions amid presidential haste.

Before: Held and actively presented by Toby's Office Staffer in West Wing hallway

After: Staffer directed to deliver it with satirical props, remaining in staffer's possession for fulfillment

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