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What else could $14 trillion buy?
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
This chart is part of Mother Jones’ coverage of the financial crisis, one year later.
