How Much Is $700 Billion? My List

About the bailout- How much is $700 Billion?

I just did some numbers. The results are mind boggling- I didn't believe them but I checked them several times-check for yourself and let me know if I made a mistake. If you agree with these numbers- send them on to your friends and remember who put us in this position on election day...:

700 Billion $1 Bills stacked up would be 47,530 MILES HIGH
(1/6th the distance to the moon- a $1 bill is .0043 " thick)

700 Billion $1 bills placed end to end is 66,287,878 MILES LONG
(2/3rd the distance to the sun or 138 round trips to the moon- a $1 bill is 6" long)

$700 Billion divided by the number of people on Earth (6.93 Billion)= $104.58 for each person on the face of the Earth

$700 Billion would buy 28 Million Toyota Prius automobiles (at $25,000- base price is $22,000)
(The are roughly 135,400,000 passenger cars in the US- not including trucks or SUV's)

$700 Billion would buy 1.75 BILLION Playstation 3 game consoles
(roughly 1 for every 4 people IN THE WORLD)

$700 Billion would pay for 1 MILLION heart transplants with 10 years of follow up care
(Transplant-$300K plus 10 years at $40/year = $700K)

$700 Billion would buy 26,223 TONS of Gold
(10/3/08-Gold Price $834.16/ oz. -2007 world gold production was approximately 2,500 tons)

$700 Billion would give each person in Wasilla, Alaska $71,574,300
(2007 Population estimate 9,780. Yes that’s $71 MILLION for each resident)

$700 Billion would buy 358.9 MILLION 52” 1080P LCD TV’S
(Samsung 52LB5-$1950 at American TV- Over 6 for each US household (105.5 million -2000 figure)