Bailouts could cost $23+ Trillion... with a "T"

[KillerGremlin]

I think being rich would be better than being poor or even middle class, and I think we had a whole thread about this. I do believe money can buy happiness, or at least it can buy you cars, houses, maids, vacations, and health. All that should lead to a longer life and would position you better in the empowered portion of society. I can see the stresses that come with that. I can also see me being a sad and buying a roller coaster. Money, fuck yeah!

24 Trillion is an insane number, but I'm not an accountant so I don't know how that number measures out when weighed against inflation and the global economy. We need Bond to post some sexy graphs. Also, as Mana said, how much of that projected hypothetical will actually get spent?

I still think this bail out was a huge mistake and America is going to slip from #1 eventually. We still have the world by the balls because of our insane military spending and our position as ambassadors of the global stage but we obviously have lots of problems at home. Shits gonna happen and sadly it looks like its gonna happen in my lifetime.