Fwd: [Activist_List] WHAT CAN 800 BILLION BUY??? ( (Do you believe what this is going for?)

[Guest guest]

>Sit down and relax. This is going to be very revealing.

>

>It is all math....and you can check it.

>

>I wanted to get a handle on exact what 800 BILLION dollars can buy today.

>The number in itself is actually inconceivable to all but prodigies.

>800 billion dollars...we read it, " 800 " stands out.

>

>For 800 dollars, I can pay my rent for 2 months in Wyoming. It sounds big.

>

>But want exactly IS this amount of money?

>

>Before I illustrate what the value of this is, bear in mind MOST SENATORS

>AND CONGRESSMEN DID NOT EVEN READ THE ENTIRE BILL BEFORE VOTING TO APPROVE

>IT.

>

>*Think *about that.

>

>I talked to both my Wyoming Senators. Each are staunch Republicans...BOTH

>read it because the Governor demanded that they do and told them we would

>hold them accountable to the people of Wyoming if they supported it without

>reading the bill.

>

>*BOTH BUSH SUPPORTERS VOTED 'NO' after doing so.*

>

>NOW THEN:

>

>*$800,000,000,000 will ...

>*

>Purchase *ONE HUNDRED Nimitz Class Nuclear Aircraft Carriers*. ( @

>$8,000,000,000 )

>

>Pay the *ENTIRE COST OF THE SOCIAL SECURITY PROGRAM FOR 1.3 YEARS *( @

>$606,000,000,000 per year)

>

>Pay the budget of the *US Dept of Defense for almost 2

>YEARS.*($411,000,000,000 a year)

>

>Pay the costs of the *Medicaid Program for more almost 4 YEARS.

>*($209,000,000,000

>per year)

>

>Pay the current budget of NASA for *45 YEARS.* ($17,600,000,000 per year)

>

>Pay for the US Navy Nuclear Submarine program for almost *3

>YEARS*($320,500,000,000 per year)

>

>Purchase 800,000 homes that cost *ONE MILLION A PIECE. *(800,000 x

>$1,000,000 = $800,000,000,000)

>

>Purchase *26.5 MILLION Dodge 2500 Pickup Trucks* ( @ $30,000 )

>

>Pay for a college education at a state University for *32 MILLION AMERICAN

>STUDENTS* ( @ $24,800 )

>

>Buy food for *76 MILLION American family units for ONE YEAR EACH *(family of

>4 @ $10,400 per year)

>

>ARE YOU getting the drift of this? We just gave THAT AMOUNT OF MONEY AWAY to

>the people who both backed AND controlled George W. Bush.

>

>That cost is *$7600 per US Household. *YOUR MONEY.* GIVEN AWAY.*

>

>**** AND THIS BAILOUT MAY REACH THE COST OF 7 TRILLION DOLLARS WHEN ALL IS

>FINISHED.****

>*

>Is it SINKING IN WHAT IS HAPPENING HERE YET?*

>

>WE PAID THEM OFF FOR THE EXCUSE OF DOING BAD BUSINESS

>

>Please, spread this around. Then figure out what you are going to do when

>the time comes NEXT MONTH to VOTE FOR YOUR MEMBERS OF CONGRESS.

>

>VOTE OUT ANYONE WHO VOTED FOR THIS: THEY ARE PAYING OFF THE PEOPLE WHO RUN

>OUR GOVERNMENT

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