Your Three Trillion Dollar Shopping Spree [video]

July 21, 2008
Want to be a big spender? A really big spender? Today's fat cats know that there's no big spender like the Bush White House. In fact, one single buying decision -- the Iraq War -- is estimated to cost upwards of 3 trillion dollars. What else could all ...
Want to be a big spender? A really big spender? Today's fat cats know that there's no big spender like the Bush White House. In fact, one single buying decision -- the Iraq War -- is estimated to cost upwards of 3 trillion dollars. What else could all that taxpayer money have bought? How about switching the entire national electricity grid to solar? Or wind? Or, since it's ultimately oil money we're talking about, how about 12,000 of those awesome private islands in Dubai? Go on your own 3 trillion dollar shopping spree below.

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