Ask HN: What would you do with $700 Billion?

Re:Ask HN: What would you do with $700 Billion? by steveplace on Thursday September 25, 2008 @12:57PM (#315035)

Remember, 700B pays for around 400 space shuttles.

Just to give a sense of scale.

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Re:Ask HN: What would you do with $700 Billion? by rsheridan6 on Thursday September 25, 2008 @01:27PM (#315091)

Space shuttle demolition derby, then?

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Re:Ask HN: What would you do with $700 Billion? by huhtenberg on Thursday September 25, 2008 @01:08PM (#315064)

Better yet - 612B is what Pentagon is getting in 2009.

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Re:Ask HN: What would you do with $700 Billion? by qwph on Thursday September 25, 2008 @01:49PM (#315123)

400 space shuttles would be awesome :)

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Re:Ask HN: What would you do with $700 Billion? by timtrueman on Thursday September 25, 2008 @03:05PM (#315235)

I can see it now, synchronized space shuttles in the space olympics (http://www.hulu.com/watch/34464/saturday-night-live-digital-...)

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Re:Ask HN: What would you do with $700 Billion? by gambling8nt on Thursday September 25, 2008 @07:56PM (#315594)

Or, for other means of comparison, $700b is about:

87 next generation aircraft carriers (or about 155 current-generation aircraft carriers)

500 stealth bombers (or 5000 stealth fighters)

10 years of federal education spending in the US

1.1% of the worldwide annual GDP

2/5 of the combined net worth of the 100 wealthiest people (or, if you prefer, 12 times the net worth of Bill Gates, or about 1/6 of the combined net worth of the 1000 wealthiest people)

23 times the total annual income tax collected from the lower 50% of filers with positive adjusted gross income in 2006 (see http://www.taxfoundation.org/news/show/250.html)

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Re:Ask HN: What would you do with $700 Billion? by steveplace on Thursday September 25, 2008 @08:30PM (#315624)

Or about 4 more rounds of stimulus checks.

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Re:Ask HN: What would you do with $700 Billion? by dkokelley on Thursday September 25, 2008 @02:58PM (#315227)

Yeah I'd have to race them then.

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