Monday, December 21, 2009

12 Better Uses for the Bailout Bucks

12 Better Uses for the Bailout Bucks: "

10 years of vaccines for kids in 117 countries

$110 billion

10 years of $10,000 bonuses for all US public school teachers

$318 billion

Sending all 2009 US high school grads to private college

$347 billion

Doubling US spending on HIV/AIDS and cancer research for 20 years

$493 billion

10 years of CO2 offsets for all Americans

$559 billion

Meeting UN anti-poverty goals by 2015

$757 billion

20 years of universal preschool in US

$860 billion

Buying a house for every homeless American

$878 billion

10 years of helping developing countries deal with the effects of climate change

$2 trillion

Buying the world an iPhone 3GS

$2 trillion

10 years of private health insurance for uninsured Americans

$2.2 trillion

Paying off 1/3 of US home mortgages

$3.5 trillion

Total: $14 trillion

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(Via MotherJones.com.)