$787,000,000,000
no doubt by now you’ve heard that the $787 billion dollar stimulus bill has finally passed. about one third of it will go towards tax cuts but the reminder is to be spent on various other projects and programs meant to stimulate the economy. in the weeks since it was introduced, we’ve gotten use to hearing the term “billion” thrown around so much that it no longer seems like that much money and we can barely remember when everyone had to be careful to count off enough zeros. but the truth is, we really have no concept of what a billion dollars can buy.. that is, until the the boston globe helped us out.
what $787 billion dollars can buy:
- mitt romney’s utah ski home 149,000 times over which is currently valued at 5.2 million (seems he’s downsizing from 3 to 2 homes)
- more than 45 million pontiac g5s (i’m not sure why anyone would choose the g5)
- cover money lost in madoff’s ponzi scheme 16 times over, currently assessed at $50 billion (when you look at it this way, madoff doesn’t seem like such a bad guy)
- over 19.6 billion digital tv coverter box coupons (some of the stimulus dollars are actually going towards this cause you know, there was a shortage )
- more than 222 billion big macs (yum)
what would you buy?
photo courtsey of tracy o
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