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03/19/2009 05:05:22 PM · #1 |
I put this in the rant section because its a political subject. I just though it would be fun to see what $9.7 Trillion would buy.
Do some research and post what that amount of money could purchase. I have research a few to get the thread started. They are based on current cost of inflation as of 2007. Some may ask where did I get the figure of $9.7 Trillion. You can get the figure from here. BTW lets see how may zeros is in $9.7 Trillion; $ 9700000000000.00
Here is my starter list.
What would $9.7 Trillion buy?
1. Alaska 91,890 times in today̢۪s dollars.
2. 4,409 B-2 Stealth Bomber at a price of $2.2 Billion each.
3. You could build an US canal spanning from the Gulf of Mexico to the Pacific Ocean making it almost impossible for illegal boarder crossings and putting millions of Americans to work in the process. Then when finished, tolls paid by ships passing through each year would pay for its upkeep, maintenance and personnel, including border agents. And have several trillions of dollars left over.
Lets see where your research leads you.
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03/19/2009 05:12:02 PM · #2 |
| I'll take option # 3 please! |
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03/19/2009 07:58:34 PM · #3 |
If I had 9.7 trillion dollars, I would buy my own walmart :)
ETA...
Then I would buy a blue ribbon from each challenge.
Message edited by author 2009-03-19 20:00:06. |
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03/19/2009 08:18:17 PM · #4 |
Originally posted by Dirt_Diver:
If I had 9.7 trillion dollars, I would buy my own walmart :)
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Then I would buy a blue ribbon from each challenge. |
Walmart has a market capitalization of about $200 Billion - you could buy the whole company several times over.
Or you could buy Canon, Nikon, Sony, Olympus, Hoya and Matsushita. |
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03/19/2009 08:23:31 PM · #5 |
| Can I get french fries with that? Or maybe France? |
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03/19/2009 08:46:15 PM · #6 |
| A cure for cancer, and a host of other diseases. |
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03/19/2009 08:52:35 PM · #7 |
| I new pair of Gold Toe socks for everyday of my life, sometimes two pair to change mid day!! |
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03/19/2009 08:59:08 PM · #8 |
Originally posted by maynerd12:
Originally posted by Dirt_Diver:
If I had 9.7 trillion dollars, I would buy my own walmart :)
ETA...
Then I would buy a blue ribbon from each challenge. |
Walmart has a market capitalization of about $200 Billion - you could buy the whole company several times over.
Or you could buy Canon, Nikon, Sony, Olympus, Hoya and Matsushita. |
I know, but I don't need all those, just 1 with all the employees No no no, I know what I would buy,,, I would buy all new shopping carts for all the walmarts... |
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03/19/2009 09:13:52 PM · #9 |
I would buy a fur coat. But not a real fur coat, that's cruel.
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03/19/2009 09:34:51 PM · #10 |
Originally posted by Strikeslip:
I would buy a fur coat. But not a real fur coat, that's cruel. |
We wouldn't have to eat Kraft dinner, but we would.
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03/19/2009 10:40:06 PM · #11 |
You do the following
4. You could build 240 Sears Towers in each fifty States (a total of 12000 Sears Towers) at a cost of $808307033.69 each in today̢۪s dollars.
5. You could by 64 ½ million homes valued at $250,000 each
Even better you could buy
6. You could buy 1.4 Billion Canon EOS-1Ds Mark III SLR Digital Camera
Message edited by author 2009-03-19 22:47:32. |
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03/19/2009 11:00:59 PM · #12 |
7. Buy every Australian home 7.49 times
8. Have 87300000 Tonne of Australian dollar coins or 78570000 Tonne of American ones
9. Give every person in the world $1434.00
10. Buy every person in the world 409 Beers |
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03/19/2009 11:07:24 PM · #13 |
Originally posted by Shadowi6:
7. Buy every Australian home 7.49 times
8. Have 87300000 Tonne of Australian dollar coins or 78570000 Tonne of American ones
9. Give every person in the world $1434.00
10. Buy every person in the world 409 Beers |
This is very impressive when you really think about it....
Or should I say, it is sad? Really sad... |
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03/19/2009 11:07:30 PM · #14 |
Originally posted by Shadowi6:
7. Buy every Australian home 7.49 times
8. Have 87300000 Tonne of Australian dollar coins or 78570000 Tonne of American ones
9. Give every person in the world $1434.00
10. Buy every person in the world 409 Beers |
#10 Works for me! Or at least it would for few weeks anyway :) |
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03/19/2009 11:14:58 PM · #15 |
I'd build a floating lemon and ground beef sweater company. It would tip over every three minutes and at eight every night, it would launch investment bankers into orbit with huge rubber bands.
Why something so obscure?
Because I'd then be considered an eccentric artist .
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03/19/2009 11:32:47 PM · #16 |
Originally posted by maynerd12:
Originally posted by Dirt_Diver:
If I had 9.7 trillion dollars, I would buy my own walmart :)
ETA...
Then I would buy a blue ribbon from each challenge. |
Walmart has a market capitalization of about $200 Billion - you could buy the whole company several times over.
Or you could buy Canon, Nikon, Sony, Olympus, Hoya and Matsushita. |
Oh heck: a thousand billion is a trillion. You can buy WalMart 5x over for a trillion. 9x5=45, so you could buy WalMart 45x over with 9.7 trillion, and still have 700 BILLION dollars left to shop in your own stores :-)
R.
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03/20/2009 01:13:50 AM · #17 |
Originally posted by Bear_Music:
Oh heck: a thousand billion is a trillion. You can buy WalMart 5x over for a trillion. 9x5=45, so you could buy WalMart 45x over with 9.7 trillion, and still have 700 BILLION dollars left to shop in your own stores :-)
R. |
But I would only shop in one so why would I want more than 1???
I would also change my insurance company from GEICO just so I didn't save that 15% or more. |
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03/20/2009 08:19:10 AM · #18 |
$9,700,000,000,000
Population of the USA (July 2008) 303,824,640, so that's $31,926 for each person, even little wee babies. So a family of four would get $127,705. Everyone could just go on a sweet vacation until the recession is over!
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If the USA wanted to be nice and just divvy it up for Canadians, 33,212,696 people would each get $292,057, or $1,168,228 for my family of four. :-O
Message edited by author 2009-03-20 08:21:54.
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03/20/2009 09:33:52 AM · #19 |
| We could invade another 10 countries like Iraq :) |
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03/20/2009 11:18:31 AM · #20 |
Originally posted by marbo:
We could invade another 10 countries like Iraq :) |
Actually is 16.6 times
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04/07/2009 10:02:10 PM · #21 |
| Noone said hookers and beer yet? |
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04/07/2009 10:21:09 PM · #22 |
| I would give it all to North Korea in hopes that they will stop testing rockets and stop building nuclear reactors. |
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04/21/2009 12:34:59 AM · #23 |
I think that I would give obama and all of congress $25.00 (that is all they are worth collectively but I would give them $25.00 each out of the kindness of my heart) to resign then I would give the money back to the people of the United States....
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04/21/2009 12:37:01 AM · #24 |
I think that I would give obama and all of congress $25.00 (that is all they are worth collectively but I would give them $25.00 each out of the kindness of my heart) to resign then I would give the money back to the people of the United States....
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04/21/2009 12:37:37 AM · #25 |
Originally posted by TonyT:
I would give it all to North Korea in hopes that they will stop testing rockets and stop building nuclear reactors. |
That would kind of be like giving a psychopath a gun in the hopes that he'd stop knifing people. |
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