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