Nothing to fear but fear itself?

[plutherus]

Marshall Plan
Louisiana Purchase
Race to the Moon
S&L Crisis
Korean War
The New Deal
Invasion of Iraq
Vietnam War
NASA

-- list of government expenditures which, combined, are still less than the current bailout

That's combined, people.

Comments

[rhonan.livejournal.com]

Yeah, and all because Clinton forced banks to make loans in the ghetto.

[fourgotten.livejournal.com]

Now, does that take into account the current value of the dollar versus the value at the time of each of the aforementioned expenditures? *snicker*

I mean... really... the Louisiana Purchase? That's hardly even fair... didn't we give 'em something like a nickel and a couple of strings of Mardi Gras (aka "shousyertitz") beads?... c'mon... *evilgrin*

[fourgotten.livejournal.com]

*harmonizes* in the ghettoooooooo

[solis93.livejournal.com]

With the devaluation of the dollar, expect to see the figures go up. The less a dollar is worth, the more dollars it takes to buy something.

[reynard52.livejournal.com]

White House Blow Jobs.

[http://users.livejournal.com/_heretic/]

When do we get our indentured servitude cards? My guess is that they'll multigenerational. Yea! What fun!