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This was not taken from any website, email etc, just my thoughts, I googled all the numbers.
The manhattan project cost 2 billion dollars, 24 billion adjusted for inflation today.
The total cost of the apollo program, not adjusted for inflation was 11 billion dollars, even if you quadruple it adjust for inflation, which is grossly more then the actual rate of inflation since the program, you would have 44 billion dollars.
Combined the cost of the apollo program then and the manhattan project today would of been 68 billion dollars.
The bill for the war in Iraq so far has been just shy of 500 billion dollars. This does not include the thousands of dead and crippled Americans or the dead Iraqis who no one counts or agrees on the number, which may be in excess of several hundred thousand, but are at LEAST 100,000 at the very, very least.
So for the cost of the Iraq War we could of funded two and a half manhattan projects and apollo programs. For the cost of the Iraq War we could have of gone to mars or perfected a clean energy source.
With 500 billion dollars, we could of given a check to every man, woman and child in America, including aliens and illegal immigrants, for a sum of $1,600.
What other useful, clever, or comical things could be done with 500 billion dollars?
We could pay the full salary and profits of every person and buisness in Chile AND Israel for a year, to give them a year long vacation. (Combined GDP ~500 billion)
The manhattan project cost 2 billion dollars, 24 billion adjusted for inflation today.
The total cost of the apollo program, not adjusted for inflation was 11 billion dollars, even if you quadruple it adjust for inflation, which is grossly more then the actual rate of inflation since the program, you would have 44 billion dollars.
Combined the cost of the apollo program then and the manhattan project today would of been 68 billion dollars.
The bill for the war in Iraq so far has been just shy of 500 billion dollars. This does not include the thousands of dead and crippled Americans or the dead Iraqis who no one counts or agrees on the number, which may be in excess of several hundred thousand, but are at LEAST 100,000 at the very, very least.
So for the cost of the Iraq War we could of funded two and a half manhattan projects and apollo programs. For the cost of the Iraq War we could have of gone to mars or perfected a clean energy source.
With 500 billion dollars, we could of given a check to every man, woman and child in America, including aliens and illegal immigrants, for a sum of $1,600.
What other useful, clever, or comical things could be done with 500 billion dollars?
We could pay the full salary and profits of every person and buisness in Chile AND Israel for a year, to give them a year long vacation. (Combined GDP ~500 billion)
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