What would you do with three trillion dollars?
So, the current estimate is that the war in Iraq is going to cost the US three trillion dollars. For that money, we will get thousands of dead American soldiers, tens of thousands of injured American soldiers, hundreds of thousands of dead and injured Iraqi civilians, a more unstable Middle East, and the loathing of the rest of the world.
I bet you can think of better ways to spend that money. Here's a website that will help you decide just what you would do if you had three trillion dollars to spend: http://3trillion.org/howto Be warned, this can take a while. Here's the list of what I bought, in no particular order:
End our Dependence on Foreign Oil
Revamp the u.s. education system
Achieve Universal Literacy
Increase sustainable Organic Produce in the US
Universal Health Care for All
End hunger and poverty related diseases
Achieve the Millennium Development Goals
National Security
Campaign Finance Reform
No Kill Animal Shelters World Wide
Give every teacher a rai$e
Finish repairing the damage done by Katrina
1,000 Librarians' Salaries
Treat Heart Disease and Diabetes
Fight AIDS in Developing Nations
Control Malaria
Search for a Cure to Cancer
A Year’s Worth of Pancreatic Cancer Research
Desalination Plants
Full Funding of Amtrak Passenger Service & Expansion
Help Rebuild Iraq
New National Power Grid
Reinstate the Fairness Doctrine
Social Security Pay Back w/interest
Universal Preschool
Rice for All
Cure yet another Deadly Disease
World Peace
I'm not entirely sure how they're planning to buy world peace, but Jeff suggests that we if we just divide the $70b among the leaders of every country in the world, we can probably be assured of their cooperation.
It sounds like heaven, doesn't it? Or Star Trek. Isn't it amazing what you can do with enough money...
I bet you can think of better ways to spend that money. Here's a website that will help you decide just what you would do if you had three trillion dollars to spend: http://3trillion.org/howto Be warned, this can take a while. Here's the list of what I bought, in no particular order:
End our Dependence on Foreign Oil
Revamp the u.s. education system
Achieve Universal Literacy
Increase sustainable Organic Produce in the US
Universal Health Care for All
End hunger and poverty related diseases
Achieve the Millennium Development Goals
National Security
Campaign Finance Reform
No Kill Animal Shelters World Wide
Give every teacher a rai$e
Finish repairing the damage done by Katrina
1,000 Librarians' Salaries
Treat Heart Disease and Diabetes
Fight AIDS in Developing Nations
Control Malaria
Search for a Cure to Cancer
A Year’s Worth of Pancreatic Cancer Research
Desalination Plants
Full Funding of Amtrak Passenger Service & Expansion
Help Rebuild Iraq
New National Power Grid
Reinstate the Fairness Doctrine
Social Security Pay Back w/interest
Universal Preschool
Rice for All
Cure yet another Deadly Disease
World Peace
I'm not entirely sure how they're planning to buy world peace, but Jeff suggests that we if we just divide the $70b among the leaders of every country in the world, we can probably be assured of their cooperation.
It sounds like heaven, doesn't it? Or Star Trek. Isn't it amazing what you can do with enough money...