We all love to splurge a little once in a while. Save up some money and do something nice with it, really go a little beyond our normal spending - maybe it's a vacation, maybe it's a nice gift for a friend, or maybe it's buying universal healthcare for 300 million Americans.
Huh?
Oh yeah, universal health care was one of the things I bought on my $3 Trillion Shopping Spree. I did it at the website 3trillion.org, which asks the question: "The occupation of Iraq will cost $3 trillion...can YOU spend that money better?" It's an interesting exercise, and a great way to put the costs of the U.S. presence in Iraq into perspective.
Here is the full list of purchases I put in my cart:
- Universal healthcare for all Americans
Price: $920,100,000,000.00 - Apple, Inc.
Price: $24,000,000,000.00 - Microsoft Corp.
Price: $262,260,000,000.00 - Google
Price: $2,499,750,000.00 - Become President of the U.S.
Price: $1,000,000,000.00 - No Kill Animal Shelters World Wide
Price: $7,000,000,000.00 - Sustainable Agriculture Education, Worldwide
Price: $200,000,000.00 - End our Dependence on Foreign Oil
Price: $500,000,000,000.00 - 1000 Teachers' Salaries
Price: $39,274,000.00 - Build a National High-Speed Rail System
Price: $300,000,000,000.00 - The Office: Season 1
Price: $11.00
Gosh, and I still have a $1 Trillion left over, but I got a little depressed and had to stop. Spending $3 Trillion is hard! Unless you're a certain global superpower.
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