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Archive for November 17th, 2007

Special Saturday Posting

Normally I take Saturday off, but this CBC posting about what the U.S.A. could have done with what they have spent on the Iraq war (evidently a Trillion dollars) what they could have done instead. Maybe the Bare Naked Ladies could rewrite their “If I had a million dollars” song?

The CBC took the easy route, so let’s go for more obtuse ideas about what could be done with a trillion dollars (U.S.):

• They could have paid off 0.1% of their national debt? Interesting, but what is the fun of that, this money is FOUND money.
• They could buy everyone on earth a $100 US Savings bond, for their future saving? Make the people earn it however, by making each person count to 100.
• They could buy Canada. If they promised to pay every Canadian $30,000, I think we’d sell. Better still, they could buy every Canadian a new Toyota Camry !
• It was also pointed out they could buy Canada by paying off all debt held by all levels of government in Canada. Again, this is FOUND money, let’s BLOW it!
• They could hire me as a budget consultant, I would only take 1/2 of the money as payment.
• They could buy a trillion dollars worth of lottery tickets, and then, boy they could make some money.
• They could have put that towards Cancer research or AIDS research, but how boring would that have been? Curing a major illness, we already did this for polio.
• They could build a bridge from Florida to Cuba? Maybe a tunnel? No, I think someone is already doing that.
• They could get doctors to resurrect Joey Ramone, yes, frivolous, but still, I’d be happy.

What would you do with a Trillion Dollars? Discuss.

–c8j