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  ! Item !! Value
 
  ! Item !! Value
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+
  |-
 
  | Harry Potter movie franchise total revenue || $21,000,000,000
 
  | Harry Potter movie franchise total revenue || $21,000,000,000
 
  |-
 
  |-
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===Box office revenue===
 
===Box office revenue===
 +
 
Adjusted for monetary inflation but not ticket price inflation
 
Adjusted for monetary inflation but not ticket price inflation
 
Hilighted [sic]: films that earned more than 2009's ''Avatar''
 
Hilighted [sic]: films that earned more than 2009's ''Avatar''
 +
 
{| class="wikitable sortable"
 
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  | 2008 || ''The Dark Knight'' || $547,520,000 ||
 
  | 2008 || ''The Dark Knight'' || $547,520,000 ||
 
  |-
 
  |-
  | 2003 || ''Shrek 3'' || $516,610,000 ||
+
  | 2003 || ''Shrek 2'' || $516,610,000 ||
 
  |-
 
  |-
 
  | 1999 || ''The Phantom Menace'' || $572,000,000 ||
 
  | 1999 || ''The Phantom Menace'' || $572,000,000 ||
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  | 1997 || ''Titanic'' || $827,260,000 || Yes
 
  | 1997 || ''Titanic'' || $827,260,000 || Yes
 
  |-
 
  |-
  | 1994 || ''Lion King'' || $625,810,000 ||
+
  | 1994 || ''The Lion King'' || $625,810,000 ||
 
  |-
 
  |-
 
  | 1993 || ''Jurassic Park'' || $625,810,000 ||
 
  | 1993 || ''Jurassic Park'' || $625,810,000 ||
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  | 1982 || ''E.T.'' || $996,580,000 || Yes
 
  | 1982 || ''E.T.'' || $996,580,000 || Yes
 
  |-
 
  |-
  | 1980 || ''The Empire Strikes Back || $778,530,000 ||
+
  | 1980 || ''The Empire Strikes Back'' || $778,530,000 ||
 
  |-
 
  |-
 
  | 1977 || ''Star Wars'' || $1,681,000,000 || Yes
 
  | 1977 || ''Star Wars'' || $1,681,000,000 || Yes
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  | 1942 || ''Fantasia'' || $1,146,000,000 || Yes
 
  | 1942 || ''Fantasia'' || $1,146,000,000 || Yes
 
  |-
 
  |-
  | 1940 || ''Gone with the Wind'' || $3,157,000,000 || Yes
+
  | 1940 || ''Gone With the Wind'' || $3,157,000,000 || Yes
 
  |-
 
  |-
 
  | 1938 || ''Snow White'' || $2,841,700,000 || Yes
 
  | 1938 || ''Snow White'' || $2,841,700,000 || Yes
 
  |}
 
  |}
 
  
 
===Charity===
 
===Charity===
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  |-
 
  |-
 
  | To animals and environment || $6,750,000,000
 
  | To animals and environment || $6,750,000,000
 +
|-
 +
| Other || $6,410,000,000
 
  |}
 
  |}
 +
 
====Type of giving:====
 
====Type of giving:====
 
{| class="wikitable sortable"
 
{| class="wikitable sortable"
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===Gates Foundation total giving since 1994===
 
===Gates Foundation total giving since 1994===
 
 
{| class="wikitable sortable"
 
{| class="wikitable sortable"
 
  |-
 
  |-
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  |-
 
  |-
 
  | Grants || ~$1,000,000,000
 
  | Grants || ~$1,000,000,000
 +
|-
 +
| Missing || ~$5,000,000,000
 
  |}
 
  |}
  
 
===Book publishing industry revenue===
 
===Book publishing industry revenue===
 
 
{| class="wikitable sortable"
 
{| class="wikitable sortable"
 
  |-
 
  |-
 
  ! Genre !! Revenue
 
  ! Genre !! Revenue
 
  |-
 
  |-
  | Book publishing industry revenue || $28,320,000,000
+
  | Book publishing industry revenue || $28,320,000,000 (Sum of genres is $29.39 billion, 1 block more than depicted)
 
  |-
 
  |-
 
  | Romance || $1,380,000,000
 
  | Romance || $1,380,000,000
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===Video game industry revenue===
 
===Video game industry revenue===
 
 
{| class="wikitable sortable"
 
{| class="wikitable sortable"
 
  |-
 
  |-
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  ! Item !! Value
 
  ! Item !! Value
 
  |-
 
  |-
  | Student loans outstanding || $955,800,000,000
+
  | Student loans outstanding || $955,800,000,000 (This appears to be a mistake by [[Randall]] and should read $956,800,000,000)
  |-  
+
  |-
 
  | Federal student loans || $792,900,000,000
 
  | Federal student loans || $792,900,000,000
 
  |-
 
  |-
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===Harvard University revenue===
 
===Harvard University revenue===
 
 
{| class="wikitable sortable"
 
{| class="wikitable sortable"
 
  |-
 
  |-
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===Education foundations===
 
===Education foundations===
 
 
{| class="wikitable sortable"
 
{| class="wikitable sortable"
 
  |-
 
  |-
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===Endowments of the 63 wealthiest universities===
 
===Endowments of the 63 wealthiest universities===
 
 
{| class="wikitable sortable"
 
{| class="wikitable sortable"
 
  |-
 
  |-
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  | Yale || $19,400,000,000
 
  | Yale || $19,400,000,000
 
  |-
 
  |-
  | Princeton || $17,100,000,000
+
  | Princeton || $17,010,000,000
 
  |-
 
  |-
 
  | U of Texas || $16,610,000,000
 
  | U of Texas || $16,610,000,000
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  |-
 
  |-
 
  | Northwestern || $7,030,000,000
 
  | Northwestern || $7,030,000,000
 +
|-
 +
| The other 53 || $136,490,000,000
 
  |}
 
  |}
  
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  | Chevron || $196,300,000,000 || $19,020,000,000 ||
 
  | Chevron || $196,300,000,000 || $19,020,000,000 ||
 
  |-
 
  |-
  | Fannie Mae || $153,800,000,000 || || $14,010,000,000
+
  | Fannie Mae || $153,800,000,000 (the chart depicts 156 blocks instead of 154) || || $14,010,000,000
 
  |-
 
  |-
  | GE || $151,600,000,000 || $11,640,000,000 ||
+
  | GE || $151,600,000,000 (the chart depicts 151 blocks instead of 152) || $11,640,000,000 ||
 
  |-
 
  |-
  | Berkshire Hathaway || $136,100,000,000 || $12,970,000,000 ||
+
  | Berkshire Hathaway || $136,100,000,000 ([[Randall]] rounded down from 136.185 billion) || $12,970,000,000 ||
 
  |-
 
  |-
 
  | PepsiCo || $57,840,000,000 || $6,320,000,000 ||
 
  | PepsiCo || $57,840,000,000 || $6,320,000,000 ||
 
  |-
 
  |-
  | Coca-Cola || $35,840,000,000 || $11,800,000,000 ||
+
  | Coca-Cola || $35,840,000,000 (this appears to be a mistake by [[Randall]] and should read $35,120,000,000) || $11,800,000,000 ||
 
  |-
 
  |-
 
  | VISA || $8,100,000,000 || $2,700,000,000 ||
 
  | VISA || $8,100,000,000 || $2,700,000,000 ||
 
  |-
 
  |-
  | MasterCard || $5,500,000,000 || $1,850,000,000 ||
+
  | MasterCard || $5,500,000,000 (the chart depicts 5 blocks instead of 6) || $1,850,000,000 ||
 
  |-
 
  |-
  | General Motors || $135,600,000,000 || $6,170,000,000 ||
+
  | General Motors || $135,600,000,000 (the chart depicts 135 blocks instead of 136) || $6,170,000,000 ||
 
  |-
 
  |-
  | Ford || $129,000,000,000 || $6,560,000,000 ||
+
  | Ford || $129,000,000,000 || $6,560,000,000 (the chart depicts 6 blocks instead of 7) ||
 
  |-
 
  |-
  | Chrysler || $44,950,000,000 || || $653,000,000
+
  | Chrysler || $44,950,000,000 (this appears to be a mistake by [[Randall]] and should read $41,950,000,000) || || $653,000,000 (this appears to be a mistake by [[Randall]] and should read $652,000,000)
 
  |-
 
  |-
  | AT&T || $124,600,000,000 || $19,860,000,000 ||
+
  | AT&T || $124,600,000,000 (the chart depicts 126 blocks instead of 125) || $19,860,000,000 ||
 
  |-
 
  |-
  | Verizon || $106,560,000,000 || $2,550,000,000 ||
+
  | Verizon || $106,560,000,000 (the chart depicts 106 blocks instead of 107) || $2,550,000,000 ||
 
  |-
 
  |-
  | Bank of America || $134,20,000,000 || || $2,240,000,000
+
  | Bank of America || $134,200,000,000 (the chart depicts 135 blocks instead of 134) || || $2,240,000,000
 
  |-
 
  |-
 
  | JP Morgan Chase || $115,480,000,000 || $17,370,000,000 ||
 
  | JP Morgan Chase || $115,480,000,000 || $17,370,000,000 ||
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  | Citigroup || $111,060,000,000 || $10,600,000,000 ||
 
  | Citigroup || $111,060,000,000 || $10,600,000,000 ||
 
  |-
 
  |-
  | AGI || $104,420,000,000 || $17,370,000,000 ||
+
  | AIG || $104,420,000,000 || $7,790,000,000 ||
 
  |-
 
  |-
  | HP || $126,000,000,000 || $8,780,000,000 ||
+
  | HP || $126,000,000,000 || $8,780,000,000 (this appears to be a mistake by [[Randall]] and should read $8,760,000,000) ||
 
  |-
 
  |-
 
  | Apple || $65,230,000,000 || $14,010,000,000 ||
 
  | Apple || $65,230,000,000 || $14,010,000,000 ||
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  | US spending on cigarettes
 
  | US spending on cigarettes
 
  | $91,660,000,000
 
  | $91,660,000,000
 +
| The chart depicts 93 blocks instead of 92.
 
  |-
 
  |-
 
  ! rowspan="10"|US health care spending (2005 data)
 
  ! rowspan="10"|US health care spending (2005 data)
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  | Out-of-pocket
 
  | Out-of-pocket
 
  | $282,260,000,000
 
  | $282,260,000,000
 +
| The chart depicts 250 blocks instead of 282.
 
  |-
 
  |-
 
  | Other private spending
 
  | Other private spending
 
  | $79,000,000,000
 
  | $79,000,000,000
 +
| The chart depicts 111 blocks instead of 79.
 
  |-
 
  |-
 
  | Total private spending
 
  | Total private spending
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  | $2,106,000,000,000
 
  | $2,106,000,000,000
 
  |}
 
  |}
 +
 +
===NCAA budget===
 +
$5,640,000,000
  
 
===Total annual tax breaks to the five largest oil companies===
 
===Total annual tax breaks to the five largest oil companies===
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  |-
 
  |-
 
  | Online spending in 2009 || $251,070,000,000
 
  | Online spending in 2009 || $251,070,000,000
|-
 
| NCAA budget || $5,640,000,000
 
 
  |-
 
  |-
 
  | Total annual tax breaks to the five largest oil companies || $2,100,000,000
 
  | Total annual tax breaks to the five largest oil companies || $2,100,000,000
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  |-
 
  |-
 
  | Ethanol subsidies || $5,000,000,000
 
  | Ethanol subsidies || $5,000,000,000
 +
|-
 +
| Combined annual profits of the five largest oil companies || $36,000,000,000
 
  |-
 
  |-
 
  | Combined annual profits of the ten largest health insurance companies || $12,870,000,000
 
  | Combined annual profits of the ten largest health insurance companies || $12,870,000,000
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  |-
 
  |-
 
  | One B-2 bomber || $2,500,000,000
 
  | One B-2 bomber || $2,500,000,000
 +
| The chart depicts 2 blocks instead of 3.
 
  |}
 
  |}
  
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===US GDP===
 
===US GDP===
 +
 
Combined economic value of all goods and services produced in a year
 
Combined economic value of all goods and services produced in a year
{| class="wikitable sortable"
+
 
 +
{| class="wikitable"
 +
! Category
 +
! Item
 +
! Value
 +
|-
 +
! rowspan="2"|US GDP
 +
|-
 +
|
 +
| $14,545,950,000,000
 +
|-
 +
! rowspan="2"|Government
 +
|-
 +
|
 +
| $1,980,640,000,000
 +
|-
 +
! rowspan="4"|Real estate
 +
|-
 +
| Non-rental real estate
 +
| $1,737,500,000,000
 +
| The chart depicts 1736 blocks instead of 1738.
 +
|-
 +
| Rental and leasing
 +
| $187,610,000,000
 +
|-
 +
| Total
 +
| $1,925,210,000,000
 +
|-
 +
! rowspan="10"|Nondurable Goods
 +
|-
 +
| Food, beverage, and tobacco
 +
| $212,330,000,000
 +
|-
 +
| Chemicals
 +
| $223,050,000,000
 +
|-
 +
| Petroleum and coal
 +
| $123,630,000,000
 
  |-
 
  |-
  ! Item !! Value
+
  | Apparel
 +
| $12,050,000,000
 +
| The chart depicts 14 blocks instead of 12.
 
  |-
 
  |-
  | US GDP || $14,545,950,000,000
+
  | Paper products
 +
| $57,800,000,000
 +
| The chart depicts 62 blocks instead of 58.
 
  |-
 
  |-
  | Government || $1,980,640,000,000
+
  | Plastics and rubber products
 +
| $58,410,000,000
 
  |-
 
  |-
  | Real estate || $1,925,210,000,000
+
  | Textile mills
 +
| $18,130,000,000
 +
| The chart depicts 12 blocks instead of 18.
 
  |-
 
  |-
  | Non-rental Real estate || $1,737,500,000,000
+
  | Printing and related supports
 +
| $33,790,000,000
 
  |-
 
  |-
  | Rental and leasing || $187,610,000,000
+
  | Total
 +
| $739,300,000,000
 
  |-
 
  |-
  | Nondurable goods || $739,300,000,000
+
  ! rowspan="13"|Durable Goods
 
  |-
 
  |-
  | Food, beverage, and tobacco || $212,330,000,000
+
  | Computers and electronics
 +
| $212,640,000,000
 
  |-
 
  |-
  | Chemicals || $223,050,000,000
+
  | Metal products
 +
| $125,590,000,000
 
  |-
 
  |-
  | Petroleum and coal || $123,630,000,000
+
  | Machinery
 +
| $116,110,000,000
 
  |-
 
  |-
  | Apparel || $12,050,000,000
+
  | Wood products
 +
| $21,530,000,000
 +
| Rounded down to 21 blocks.
 
  |-
 
  |-
  | Paper products || $57,800,000,000
+
  | Furniture
 +
| $24,930,000,000
 
  |-
 
  |-
  | Plastics and rubber products || $58,410,000,000
+
  | Other transportation equipment
 +
| $93,440,000,000
 
  |-
 
  |-
  | Textile mills || $18,130,000,000
+
  | Motor vehicles, trailers, and parts
 +
| $80,560,000,000
 
  |-
 
  |-
  | Printing and related supports || $33,790,000,000
+
  | Mineral products
 +
| $39,360,000,000
 
  |-
 
  |-
  | Durable goods || $898,420,000,000
+
  | Metals
 +
| $44,710,000,000
 
  |-
 
  |-
  | Computers and electronics|| $212,640,000,000
+
  | Miscellaneous
 +
| $81,390,000,000
 
  |-
 
  |-
  | Metal products || $125,590,000,000
+
  | Electrical equipment and components
 +
| $53,260,000,000
 
  |-
 
  |-
  | Machinery || $116,110,000,000
+
  | Total
 +
| $898,420,000,000
 +
| This appears to be a mistake by [[Randall]] and should read $893,420,000,000.
 
  |-
 
  |-
  | Wood products || $21,530,000,000
+
  ! rowspan="6"|Finance and insurance
 
  |-
 
  |-
  | Furniture || $24,930,000,000
+
  | Federal Reserve banks and credit intermediaries
 +
| $529,540,000,000
 
  |-
 
  |-
  | Motor vehicles, trailers, and parts || $80,560,000,000
+
  | Insurance
 +
| $437,340,000,000
 
  |-
 
  |-
  | Other transportation equipment || $93,440,000,000
+
  | Investments
 +
| $180,500,000,000
 
  |-
 
  |-
  | Mineral products || $39,360,000,000
+
  | Funds and trusts
 +
| $59,550,000,000
 
  |-
 
  |-
  | Metals || $44,710,000,000
+
  | Total
 +
| $1,207,030,000,000
 
  |-
 
  |-
  | Electrical equipment and components|| $53,260,000,000
+
  ! rowspan="8"|Professional and business services
 
  |-
 
  |-
  | Miscellaneous || $81,390,000,000
+
  | Waste management
 +
| $39,870,000,000
 
  |-
 
  |-
  | Finance and insurance || $1,207,030,000,000
+
  | Administrative and support services
 +
| $358,110,000,000
 
  |-
 
  |-
  | Federal Reserve banks and credit intermediaries || $529,540,000,000
+
  | Legal services
 +
| $225,830,000,000
 
  |-
 
  |-
  | Insurance || $437,340,000,000
+
  | Computer systems design and service
 +
| $174,730,000,000
 
  |-
 
  |-
  | Investments || $180,500,000,000
+
  | Corporate management
 +
| $253,950,000,000
 
  |-
 
  |-
  | Funds and trusts || $59,550,000,000
+
  | Other professional or technical services
 +
| $700,250,000,000
 
  |-
 
  |-
  | Professional and business services || $1,752,750,000,000
+
  | Total
 +
| $1,752,750,000,000
 
  |-
 
  |-
  | Waste management || $39,870,000,000
+
  ! rowspan="6"|Health and education
 
  |-
 
  |-
  | Administrative and support services || $358,110,000,000
+
  | Social assistance
 +
| $93,750,000,000
 
  |-
 
  |-
  | Legal services || $225,830,000,000
+
  | Ambulatory health care services
 +
| $529,750,000,000
 
  |-
 
  |-
  | Computer systems design and service || $174,730,000,000
+
  | Hospitals
 +
| $466,390,000,000
 
  |-
 
  |-
  | Corporate management || $253,950,000,000
+
  | Educational services
 +
| $159,580,000,000
 
  |-
 
  |-
  | Other professional or technical services || $700,250,000,000
+
  | Total
 +
| $1,294,580,000,000 (This appears to be a mistake by [[Randall]] and should read $1,249,580,000,000)
 
  |-
 
  |-
  | Health and education || $1,294,580,000,000
+
  ! rowspan="2"|Utilities
 
  |-
 
  |-
  | Social assistance || $93,750,000,000
+
  |
 +
| $276,210,000,000
 
  |-
 
  |-
  | Ambulatory health care services || $529,750,000,000
+
  ! rowspan="2"|Other services
 
  |-
 
  |-
  | Hospitals || $466,390,000,000
+
  |
 +
| $345,540,000,000
 
  |-
 
  |-
  | Educational services || $159,580,000,000
+
  ! rowspan="2"|Construction
 
  |-
 
  |-
  | Utilities || $276,210,000,000
+
  |
 +
| $553,750,000,000
 
  |-
 
  |-
  | Other services || $345,540,000,000
+
  ! rowspan="5"|Mining
 
  |-
 
  |-
  | Construction || $553,750,000,000
+
  | Mining (other than oil and gas)
 +
| $50,380,000,000
 
  |-
 
  |-
  | Retail trade || $844,380,000,000
+
  | Mining support
 +
| $51,270,000,000
 
  |-
 
  |-
  | Wholesale trade || $804,410,000,000
+
  | Oil and gas
 +
| $145,990,000,000
 
  |-
 
  |-
  | Mining || $248,080,000,000
+
  | Total
 +
| $248,080,000,000
 
  |-
 
  |-
  | Mining (other than oil and gas) || $50,380,000,000
+
  ! rowspan="4"|Agriculture
 
  |-
 
  |-
  | Mining support || $51,270,000,000
+
  | Farms
 +
| $107,140,000,000
 
  |-
 
  |-
  | Oil and gas || $145,990,000,000
+
  | Forestry, fishing, and related
 +
| $30,080,000,000
 
  |-
 
  |-
  | Agriculture || $137,120,000,000
+
  | Total
 +
| $137,120,000,000
 
  |-
 
  |-
  | Farms || $107,140,000,000
+
  ! rowspan="6"|Arts and entertainment
 
  |-
 
  |-
  | Forestry, fishing, and related || $30,080,000,000
+
  | Food service
 +
| $285,480,000,000
 
  |-
 
  |-
  | Arts and entertainment || $528,620,000,000
+
  | Performing arts, sports, and museums
 +
| $73,040,000,000
 
  |-
 
  |-
  | Food service || $285,480,000,000
+
  | Amusements, gambling, and general recreation
 +
| $73,040,000,000
 +
| This appears to be a mistake by [[Randall]] and should read $58,110,000,000
 
  |-
 
  |-
  | Performing arts, sports, and museums || $73,040,000,000
+
  | Accomodation [sic]
 +
| $111,990,000,000
 
  |-
 
  |-
  | Amusements, gambling, and general recreation || $73,040,000,000 || This appears to be a mistake by [[Randall]] and should read $58,110,000,000
+
  | Total
 +
| $528,620,000,000
 
  |-
 
  |-
  | Accommodation || $111,990,000,000
+
  ! rowspan="6"|Information
 
  |-
 
  |-
  | Information || $658,630,000,000
+
  | Information and data processing
 +
| $78,300,000,000
 
  |-
 
  |-
  | Broadcasting and telecommunications|| $366,560,000,000
+
  | Publishing (including software)
 +
| $152,170,000,000
 
  |-
 
  |-
  | Information and data processing || $78,300,000,000
+
  | Film, video, and sound recording
 +
| $61,610,000,000
 
  |-
 
  |-
  | Film, video, and sound recording || $61,610,000,000
+
  | Broadcasting and telecommunications
 +
| $366,560,000,000
 
  |-
 
  |-
  | Publishing (including software) || $152,170,000,000
+
  | Total
 +
| $658,630,000,000
 
  |-
 
  |-
  | Transportation and storage || $401,280,000,000
+
  ! rowspan="10"|Transportation and storage
 
  |-
 
  |-
  | Warehousing and storage || $40,590,000,000
+
  | Warehousing and storage
 +
| $40,590,000,000
 
  |-
 
  |-
  | Water || $14,730,000,000
+
  | Water
 +
| $14,730,000,000
 
  |-
 
  |-
  | Air || $36,770,000,000 || This appears to be a mistake by [[Randall]] and should read $63,680,000,000
+
  | Air
 +
| $36,770,000,000
 +
| This appears to be a mistake by [[Randall]] and should read $63,770,000,000
 
  |-
 
  |-
  | Rail || $31,730,000,000
+
  | Rail
 +
| $31,730,000,000
 
  |-
 
  |-
  | Truck || $116,520,000,000
+
  | Truck
 +
| $116,520,000,000
 +
| Rounded down to 116 blocks
 
  |-
 
  |-
  | Transit and land passenger || $24,110,000,000
+
  | Transit and land passenger
 +
| $24,110,000,000
 +
| The chart depicts 22 blocks instead of 24
 
  |-
 
  |-
  | Pipeline || $12,360,000,000
+
  | Pipeline
 +
| $12,360,000,000
 
  |-
 
  |-
  | Other transport) || $97,560,000,000
+
  | Other transport
 +
| $97,560,000,000
 +
|-
 +
| Total
 +
| $401,280,000,000
 
  |-
 
  |-
 
  |}
 
  |}
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  | Michael Bloomberg
 
  | Michael Bloomberg
 
  | $18,100,000,000
 
  | $18,100,000,000
  |
+
  | The chart depicts 19 blocks instead of 18.
 
  |-
 
  |-
 
  | George Soros
 
  | George Soros
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  | David Geffen
 
  | David Geffen
 
  | $6,000,000,000
 
  | $6,000,000,000
  |
+
  | The chart depicts 4 blocks instead of 6.
 
  |-
 
  |-
 
  ! rowspan="6"|Uncategorized
 
  ! rowspan="6"|Uncategorized
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  |
 
  |
 
  |-
 
  |-
! rowspan="4"|Fashion
+
! rowspan="4"|Fashion
 
  |-
 
  |-
 
  | Lilianne Bettencourt
 
  | Lilianne Bettencourt
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  | Ronald Lauder
 
  | Ronald Lauder
 
  | $3,100,000,000
 
  | $3,100,000,000
  |
+
  | The chart depicts 2 blocks instead of 3.
 
  |-
 
  |-
! rowspan="5"|Art and media
+
! rowspan="5"|Art and media
 
  |-
 
  |-
 
  | George Lucas
 
  | George Lucas
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  | Donald Trump
 
  | Donald Trump
 
  | $2,700,000,000
 
  | $2,700,000,000
  |
+
  | The chart depicts 2 blocks instead of 3.
 
  |-
 
  |-
 
|}
 
|}
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===Corporations===
 
===Corporations===
 +
 
by market capitalization (combined value of all stock)
 
by market capitalization (combined value of all stock)
  
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  ! Company !! Value
 
  ! Company !! Value
 
  |-
 
  |-
  | Saudi Aramco (State-owned company--estimated market value) || $2,940,000,000,000
+
  | Saudi Aramco (State-owned company—estimated market value) || $2,940,000,000,000
 
  |-
 
  |-
 
  | Apple || $358,310,000,000
 
  | Apple || $358,310,000,000
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  | IBM || $211,640,000,000
 
  | IBM || $211,640,000,000
 
  |-
 
  |-
  | Microsoft || $211,340,000,000
+
  | Microsoft || $211,340,000,000 (the chart depicts 212 blocks instead of 211)
 
  |-
 
  |-
 
  | Bank of China || $208,810,000,000
 
  | Bank of China || $208,810,000,000
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  |-
 
  |-
 
  | Facebook 2010 valuation || $33,450,000,000
 
  | Facebook 2010 valuation || $33,450,000,000
  |-  
+
  |-
 
  | Zynga 2011 valuation || $14,000,000,000
 
  | Zynga 2011 valuation || $14,000,000,000
 
  |-
 
  |-
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===US household income===
 
===US household income===
 +
 +
This section shows the money made every year in the US, broken into five pools of about $2 trillion each. The pools are sorted by income level—the top $2 trillion is made by a small number of wealthy households (the "one percent"), while the bottom $2 trillion represents the combined annual income of the poorer half of the country.
 +
 +
Note: Figures are only estimates—these statistics were computed using data from the Congressional Budget Office analysis of 2007 incomes, and have been subject to the normalizations detailed below.
 +
 +
{| class="wikitable sortable"
 +
|-
 +
! Who !! # Households !! % Households !! Typical income/year !! Income
 +
|-
 +
| The 1% || 1.6 million || 1.3 || >$400,000 || $1,397,000,000,000
 +
|-
 +
| High incomes || 9 million || 8 || $150,000 - $400,000 || $1,411,000,000,000
 +
|-
 +
| Upper incomes || 18 million || 16 || $90,000 - $150,000 || $1,553,000,000,000
 +
|-
 +
| Upper middle incomes || 27 million || 23 || $55,000 - $90,000 || $1,610,000,000,000
 +
|-
 +
| The bottom 50% || 63 million || ~50 || <$55,000 || $1,711,000,000,000
 +
|-
 +
| Total || 118.6 million || 98.3 || || $7,682,910,000,000
 +
|-
 +
|}
 +
 +
===Amount needed===
 +
 +
{| class="wikitable sortable"
 +
|-
 +
! Type !! Amount !! Notes
 +
|-
 +
| Required for poverty-line income || $2,602,000,000,000 || This is the amount which must be set aside from each pool in order to leave $22,350—roughly a poverty-line income—for each family in that pool. If taxes cut into this region, then it forces the average after-tax income for the pool below the $22,350. (Of course, many families in this group make less than that already.)
 +
|-
 +
| Required for a middle-class income || $4,874,000,000,000 || This is the amount which must be set aside from each pool in order to leave $44,700—roughly double the poverty-line income—for each family in that pool.
 +
|-
 +
| Amount needed to give everyone an income over $100,000 || $7,070,000,000,000 || Amount which must be left in the pool to keep the average income above $100,000 (See descriptions below for details)
 +
|-
 +
| Amount needed to give everyone an income over $250,000 || $8,836,000,000,000 || Amount which must be left in the pool to keep the average income above $250,000 (See descriptions below for details)
 +
|-
 +
|}
 +
 +
===Taxes===
 +
 +
{| class="wikitable sortable"
 +
|-
 +
! Type !! Amount !! Notes
 +
|-
 +
| State taxes || $642,030,000,000 || Unlike federal taxes, state taxes are regressive—the poor pay a higher percentage of their income than the rich. This is because sales taxes, a large component of state revenues, fall disproportionately on the poor.
 +
|-
 +
| Federal taxes || $2,192,180,000,000 || effective total federal taxes paid, after deductions and tax credits
 +
|-
 +
|}
 +
 +
Note on methodology: these totals were calculated from an analysis of the 2007 CBO report on effective federal tax rates by income. There were some mismatches between figures on total income from various sources, and between CBO tax rates and federal revenue. The income totals here were adjusted for inflation and then scaled slightly to match federal tax revenue. This should only affect the total reported income, and not the distribution of the tax burden or the rough makeup of the quintiles.
  
 
===State government spending===
 
===State government spending===
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{| class="wikitable sortable"
 
{| class="wikitable sortable"
 
  |-
 
  |-
  ! Area !! Amount  
+
  ! Area !! Amount !! Notes
 
  |-
 
  |-
  | Total || $11,010,000,000
+
  | Total || $11,010,000,000 ||
 
  |-
 
  |-
  | Afghanistan || $5,800,000,000
+
  | Afghanistan || $5,800,000,000 ||
 
  |-
 
  |-
  | Israel || $2,410,000,000
+
  | Israel || $2,410,000,000 ||
 
  |-
 
  |-
  | Egypt || $1,320,000,000
+
  | Egypt || $1,320,000,000 ||
 
  |-
 
  |-
  | Other || $5,800,000,000
+
  | Other || $5,800,000,000 || This appears to be a mistake by [[Randall]] and should read $1,480,000,000.
 
  |}
 
  |}
  
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  ! Area !! Amount
 
  ! Area !! Amount
 
  |-
 
  |-
  | Total || $11,010,000,000
+
  | Total || $34,410,000,000
 
  |-
 
  |-
 
  | Iraq and Afghanistan || $5,370,000,000
 
  | Iraq and Afghanistan || $5,370,000,000
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{| class="wikitable sortable"
 
{| class="wikitable sortable"
 
  |-
 
  |-
  ! Area !! Deductions
+
  ! Area !! Deductions !! Notes
 +
|-
 +
| Corporate tax deduction || $125,180,000,000 ||
 
  |-
 
  |-
  | Corporate tax deduction || $125,180,000,000
+
  | Reduced tax on first $10 million of corporate income || $3,240,000,000 ||
 
  |-
 
  |-
  | Reduced tax on first $10 million of corporate income || $3,240,000,000
+
  | Delay of taxes on 'income' made from defaulting on a debt (Temporary stimulus measure) || $21,390,000,000 ||
 
  |-
 
  |-
  | Delay of taxes on 'income' made from defaulting on a debt (Temporary stimulus measure) || $21,390,000,000
+
  | Temporary change to equipment depreciation rules allowing more (and sooner) deductions on the purchase of new equipment || $24,390,000,000 ||
 
  |-
 
  |-
  | Temporary change to equipment depreciation rules allowing more (and sooner) deductions on the purchase of new equipment || $24,390,000,000
+
  | Clean energy, space, science, and tech R&D || $13,900,000,000 ||
 
  |-
 
  |-
  | Clean energy, space, science, and tech R&D || $13,900,000,000
+
  | Miscellaneous rules for international corporate finance || $6,800,000,000 ||
 
  |-
 
  |-
  | Miscellaneous rules for international corporate finance || $6,800,000,000
+
  | Foreign corporation income financing rules || $13,680,000,000 ||
 
  |-
 
  |-
  | Foreign corporation income financing rules || $13,680,000,000
+
  | Other || $41,740,000,000 || Rounded down to 41 blocks
 
  |}
 
  |}
  
 
===Individual tax deductions===
 
===Individual tax deductions===
These are types of income, or uses of income, which the government has partly or fully exempt from tax, often to encourage some activity. This can be thought of as "spent" tax revenue, although it's not quite that simple; there's no guarantee that removing the deduction would add that amount of revenue, because the presence of the deduction may be affecting taxpayers' spending habits.
+
 
 +
These are types of income, or uses of income, which the government has partly or fully exempt from tax, often to encourage some activity. This can be thought of as 'spent' tax revenue, although it's not quite that simple; there's no guarantee [that] removing the deduction would add that amount to revenue, because the presence of the deduction may be affecting taxpayers' spending habits.
 +
 
 
{| class="wikitable sortable"
 
{| class="wikitable sortable"
 
  |-
 
  |-
  ! Area !! Deductions
+
  ! Area !! Deductions !! Notes
 
  |-
 
  |-
  | Small business health insurance|| $1,620,000,000
+
  | Small business health insurance|| $1,620,000,000 ||
 
  |-
 
  |-
  | Federal employee expenses abroad || $7,910,000,000
+
  | Federal employee expenses abroad || $7,910,000,000 ||
 
  |-
 
  |-
  | EITC (anti-poverty low-income tax credit) || $78,760,000,000
+
  | EITC (anti-poverty low-income tax credit) || $78,760,000,000 || This appears to be a mistake by [[Randall]] and should read $56,460,000,000.
 
  |-
 
  |-
  | Donations to charity || $39,130,000,000
+
  | Donations to charity || $39,130,000,000 ||
 
  |-
 
  |-
  | Capital gains (investment income) || $78,760,000,000
+
  | Capital gains (investment income) || $78,760,000,000 ||
 
  |-
 
  |-
  | Pension contributions || $84,940,000,000
+
  | Pension contributions || $84,940,000,000 ||
 
  |-
 
  |-
  | Other || $64,970,000,000
+
  | Other || $64,970,000,000 ||
 
  |-
 
  |-
  | Employee fringe benefits || $6,690,000,000
+
  | Employee fringe benefits || $6,690,000,000 ||
 
  |-
 
  |-
  | Scholarships || $2,130,000,000
+
  | Scholarships || $2,130,000,000 ||
 
  |-
 
  |-
  | Property taxes || $15,710,000,000
+
  | Property taxes || $15,710,000,000 ||
 
  |-
 
  |-
  | Employer-provided transportation || $3,850,000,000
+
  | Employer-provided transportation || $3,850,000,000 ||
 
  |-
 
  |-
  | Retirement accounts || $24,630,000,000
+
  | Retirement accounts || $24,630,000,000 || Rounded down to 24 blocks.
 
  |-
 
  |-
  | Cafeteria plans || $26,760,000,000
+
  | Cafeteria plans || $26,760,000,000 || Rounded down to 26 blocks.
 
  |-
 
  |-
  | State and local bonds || $19,560,000,000
+
  | State and local bonds || $19,560,000,000 || Rounded down to 19 blocks.
 
  |-
 
  |-
  | Company daycare || $3,140,000,000
+
  | Company daycare || $3,140,000,000 ||
 
  |-
 
  |-
  | College and university tax credits || $12,060,000,000
+
  | College and university tax credits || $12,060,000,000 ||
 
  |-
 
  |-
  | Mortgage interest || $92,040,000,000
+
  | Mortgage interest || $92,040,000,000 ||
 
  |-
 
  |-
  | Medicare Benefits || $55,850,000,000
+
  | Medicare Benefits || $55,850,000,000 || Rounded down to 55 blocks
 
  |-
 
  |-
  | Child care || $55,850,000,000
+
  | Child care || $55,850,000,000 || The chart depicts 104 blocks instead of 107.
 
  |-
 
  |-
  | Employer health plans || $107,140,000,000
+
  | Employer health plans || $107,140,000,000 ||
 
  |-
 
  |-
  | Making Work Pay (ending) || $60,510,000,000
+
  | Making Work Pay (ending) || $60,510,000,000 || The chart depicts 64 blocks instead of 61.
 
  |-
 
  |-
  | First-time homebuyer credit || $8,820,000,000
+
  | First-time homebuyer credit || $8,820,000,000 ||
 
  |-
 
  |-
  | Veterans' benefits || $5,570,000,000
+
  | Veterans' benefits || $5,570,000,000 ||
 
  |-
 
  |-
  | Life insurance benefits || $25,750,000,000
+
  | Life insurance benefits || $25,750,000,000 ||
 
  |-
 
  |-
  | Capital gains death exclusion || $25,750,000,000
+
  | Capital gains death exclusion || $25,750,000,000 ||
 
  |-
 
  |-
  | Social security and railroad retirement || $27,170,000,000
+
  | Social security and railroad retirement || $27,170,000,000 ||
 +
|-
 +
| Home sale capital gains || $15,200,000,000 ||
 +
|-
 +
| Total || $964,970,000,000 ||
 
  |-
 
  |-
| Home sale capital gains || $15,200,000,000
 
 
  |}
 
  |}
  
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  ! Item !! Value
 
  ! Item !! Value
 
  |-
 
  |-
  | Annual Deficit || $1,394,530,000,000
+
  | Annual deficit || $1,394,530,000,000
 
  |-
 
  |-
 
  | Additional receipts || $83,230,000,000
 
  | Additional receipts || $83,230,000,000
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  | Hurricane Katrina || $107,440,000,000 ||
 
  | Hurricane Katrina || $107,440,000,000 ||
 
  |-
 
  |-
  | 1988 US Drought || $78,060,000,000 ||
+
  | 1988 US Drought || $78,060,000,000 || The chart depicts 83 blocks instead of 78
 
  |-
 
  |-
 
  | 1980 US Drought || $60,740,000,000 ||
 
  | 1980 US Drought || $60,740,000,000 ||
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  | Hurricane Andrew || $46,180,000,000 ||
 
  | Hurricane Andrew || $46,180,000,000 ||
 
  |-
 
  |-
  | 9/11 insured losses || $40,000,000,000 || For hurricanes, the rule of thumb is that total losses are roughly double insured losses. It is unclear if a similar rule exist for terrorism.
+
  | 9/11 insured losses || $40,000,000,000 || For hurricanes, the rule of thumb is that total losses are roughly double insured losses. It is unclear if a similar rule exist for terrorism.
 
  |-
 
  |-
 
  | Hurricane Ike || $28,170,000,000 ||
 
  | Hurricane Ike || $28,170,000,000 ||
 
  |-
 
  |-
  | Hurricane Irene || $8,000,000,000 || (estimated)
+
  | Hurricane Irene || $8,000,000,000 || (estimated) (the chart depicts 10 blocks instead of 8)
 
  |}
 
  |}
  
 
===Hypothetical disasters===
 
===Hypothetical disasters===
 +
 
Estimated total losses if the disaster happened today
 
Estimated total losses if the disaster happened today
 
(based on insurance industry modeling)
 
(based on insurance industry modeling)
 +
 
{| class="wikitable sortable"
 
{| class="wikitable sortable"
 
  |-
 
  |-
 
  ! Disaster !! Estimated Total Losses !! Notes
 
  ! Disaster !! Estimated Total Losses !! Notes
 
  |-
 
  |-
  | 1938 Long Island Express || $236,960,000,000 || if it had curved left and made landfall in New Jersey instead of Long Island
+
  | 1938 Long Island Express || $236,960,000,000 || if it had curved left and made landfall in New Jersey instead of Long Island (rounded down to 236 blocks)
 
  |-
 
  |-
 
  | 1812 New Madrid, Missouri earthquake || $206,050,000,000 ||
 
  | 1812 New Madrid, Missouri earthquake || $206,050,000,000 ||
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  | 1926 Miami hurricane || $202,000,000,000 ||
 
  | 1926 Miami hurricane || $202,000,000,000 ||
 
  |-
 
  |-
  | 1909 San Francisco earthquake || $197,810,000,000 ||
+
  | 1906 San Francisco earthquake || $197,810,000,000 ||
 
  |-
 
  |-
  | 1907 Galveston hurricane || $82,420,000,000 ||
+
  | 1900 Galveston hurricane || $82,420,000,000 ||
 
  |-
 
  |-
 
  | Long Island Express || $78,060,000,000 || (1938 New England Hurricane)
 
  | Long Island Express || $78,060,000,000 || (1938 New England Hurricane)
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===Cost of electricity===
 
===Cost of electricity===
 +
 
(Price of electricity to power all US homes for a year, by plant type)
 
(Price of electricity to power all US homes for a year, by plant type)
 +
 
{| class="wikitable sortable"
 
{| class="wikitable sortable"
 
  |-
 
  |-
  !Plant Type !! Cost !! Notes
+
  ! Plant Type !! Cost !! Notes
 
  |-
 
  |-
  |Advance combined cycle natural gas || 78,100,000,000 ||
+
  | Advance combined cycle natural gas || 78,100,000,000 ||
 
  |-
 
  |-
  |Conventional Coal (without societal costs) || 117,340,000,000
+
  | Conventional Coal (without societal costs) || 117,340,000,000 ||
 
  |-
 
  |-
 
  | External societal costs from use of that amount of coal power || $226,690,000,000 || Harvard Medical School analysis. Range of possible values was $119b to $342b. Most of the uncertainty was due to potentially lower costs from air pollution or higher ones from climate change.
 
  | External societal costs from use of that amount of coal power || $226,690,000,000 || Harvard Medical School analysis. Range of possible values was $119b to $342b. Most of the uncertainty was due to potentially lower costs from air pollution or higher ones from climate change.
 
  |-
 
  |-
  | Public Health Burden in Appalacia [sic] || $55,400,000,000 ||
+
  | Public Health Burden in Appalacia [sic] || $55,400,000,000 || This appears to be a mistake by [[Randall]] and should read $60,400,000,000.
 
  |-
 
  |-
  | Air pollution from power plants || $118,300,000,000 ||
+
  | Air pollution from power plants || $118,300,000,000 || This appears to be a mistake by [[Randall]] and should read $123,300,000,000.
 
  |-
 
  |-
 
  | Climate Impact || $40,030,000,000 ||
 
  | Climate Impact || $40,030,000,000 ||
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  |-
 
  |-
 
  | Geothermal || $125,880,000,000 ||
 
  | Geothermal || $125,880,000,000 ||
 +
|-
 +
| Advanced nuclear || $140,980,000,000 || Little impact on climate/air, but hard to find assessments of meltdown and fuel storage costs/risks. Some past costs shown for perspective.
 
  |-
 
  |-
 
  | Hydroelectric || $106,940,000,000 ||
 
  | Hydroelectric || $106,940,000,000 ||
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  | Solar (thermal) || $385,940,000,000 ||
 
  | Solar (thermal) || $385,940,000,000 ||
 
  |-
 
  |-
| Advanced nuclear || $140,980,000,000 || Little impact on climate/air, but hard to find assessments of meltdown and fuel storage costs/risks. Some past costs shown for perspective.
 
 
  |}
 
  |}
  
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  | Fukushima meltdown estimated total cost to Japan || $131,100,000,000 || Compare to $128,590,000,000 for deaths from quake/tsunami
 
  | Fukushima meltdown estimated total cost to Japan || $131,100,000,000 || Compare to $128,590,000,000 for deaths from quake/tsunami
 
  |-
 
  |-
  | Fukushima cost from 300 extra cancer deaths (EPA conversion) || $2,579,000,000 ||
+
  | Fukushima cost from 300 extra cancer deaths (EPA conversion) || $2,570,000,000 ||
 
  |-
 
  |-
 
  | Belarus estimated 30-year costs from Chernobyl || $282,350,000,000 ||
 
  | Belarus estimated 30-year costs from Chernobyl || $282,350,000,000 ||
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  |-
 
  |-
 
  ! Item !! Value
 
  ! Item !! Value
  |-  
+
  |-
 
  | BP oil spill claims fund || $20,270,000,000
 
  | BP oil spill claims fund || $20,270,000,000
 
  |-
 
  |-
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  | Japan's contribution to TEPCO victim fund || $62,000,000,000
 
  | Japan's contribution to TEPCO victim fund || $62,000,000,000
 
  |-
 
  |-
  | Cost to fund wikipedia at current levels for 100 years || $1,850,000,000
+
  | Cost to fund Wikipedia at current levels for 100 years || $1,850,000,000
 
  |-
 
  |-
  | Cost to provide free yearly tax prep to every US household || $8,450,000,000
+
  | Cost to provide free yearly tax prep to every US household || $8,450,000,000
 
  |-
 
  |-
 
  | Cost to give every US 18 year-old a free degree at a community college || $46,340,000,000
 
  | Cost to give every US 18 year-old a free degree at a community college || $46,340,000,000
Line 2,530: Line 2,717:
 
  | Annual cost to send every US child to a university for free || $127,610,000,000
 
  | Annual cost to send every US child to a university for free || $127,610,000,000
 
  |-
 
  |-
  | Cost to buy the Amazon rainforest || $130,000,000,000
+
  | Cost to buy the Amazon rainforest || $130,000,000,000 || $100/acre going rate for poor-access land
 
  |-
 
  |-
 
  | UBS loss from one rogue trader || $2,300,000,000
 
  | UBS loss from one rogue trader || $2,300,000,000
Line 2,548: Line 2,735:
 
  | Manhattan || $281,040,000,000
 
  | Manhattan || $281,040,000,000
 
  |-
 
  |-
  | Queens || $208,180,000,000
+
  | Queens || $208,180,000,000 || rounded up to 209 blocks
 
  |-
 
  |-
 
  | Brooklyn || $201,230,000,000
 
  | Brooklyn || $201,230,000,000
 
  |-
 
  |-
  | Staten Island || $61,230,000,000
+
  | Staten Island || $61,380,000,000
 
  |-
 
  |-
  | Bronx || $54,660,000,000
+
  | Bronx || $54,660,000,000 || rounded down to 54 blocks
 
|}
 
|}
  
 
===Megaprojects===
 
===Megaprojects===
 
 
{| class="wikitable sortable"
 
{| class="wikitable sortable"
 
  |-
 
  |-
Line 2,565: Line 2,751:
 
  | National missile defense shield cost through 2013 || $107,690,000,000 ||
 
  | National missile defense shield cost through 2013 || $107,690,000,000 ||
 
  |-
 
  |-
  | F-22 Raptor program || $67,610,000,000 || halted
+
  | F-22 Raptor program (halted) || $67,610,000,000 || The chart depicts 61 blocks instead of 68.
 
  |-
 
  |-
  | Planned Russian Bering Strait tunnel || $66,000,000,000 ||
+
  | Planned Russian Bering Strait tunnel || $66,000,000,000 || The chart depicts 56 blocks instead of 66.
 
  |-
 
  |-
 
  | Obama's 2011 high-speed rail proposal || $53,000,000,000 ||
 
  | Obama's 2011 high-speed rail proposal || $53,000,000,000 ||
Line 2,579: Line 2,765:
 
  | Hong Kong International airport || $27,120,000,000 ||
 
  | Hong Kong International airport || $27,120,000,000 ||
 
  |-
 
  |-
  | Manhattan Project || $24,400,000,000 ||
+
  | Manhattan Project || $24,400,000,000 || Rounded up to 25 blocks
 
  |-
 
  |-
  | 2nd Avenue NYC subway line || $17,960,000,000 ||
+
  | 2nd Avenue NYC subway line || $17,960,000,000 || Rounded down to 17 blocks
 
  |-
 
  |-
  | Big Dig cost || $18,510,000,000 || as of 2008
+
  | Big Dig cost || $18,510,000,000 || as of 2008 (rounded down to 18 blocks)
 
  |-
 
  |-
 
  | Failed Army intelligence-sharing computer system || $2,700,000,000 ||
 
  | Failed Army intelligence-sharing computer system || $2,700,000,000 ||
Line 2,593: Line 2,779:
 
  | Channel Tunnel || $22,960,000,000 ||
 
  | Channel Tunnel || $22,960,000,000 ||
 
  |-
 
  |-
  | Nimitz-class carrier || $4,930,000,000 ||
+
  | ''Nimitz''-class carrier || $4,930,000,000 ||
 
  |-
 
  |-
  | Gerald R. Ford-class carrier || $9,000,000,000 ||
+
  | ''Gerald R. Ford''-class carrier || $9,000,000,000 ||
 
  |-
 
  |-
  | Amtrak 30-year plan for northeast corridor || $192,000,000,000 || Randall made a mistake here the value represented by the blocks is $117,000,000,000
+
  | Amtrak 30-year plan for northeast corridor || $192,000,000,000 || This appears to be a mistake by [[Randall]] and should read $117,000,000,000.
 
  |-
 
  |-
 
  | City Qatar is building to host the 2022 World Cup || $207,000,000,000 ||
 
  | City Qatar is building to host the 2022 World Cup || $207,000,000,000 ||
 
  |-
 
  |-
  | Apollo moon landing project || $192,000,000,000 ||  
+
  | Apollo moon landing project || $192,000,000,000 ||
 
  |-
 
  |-
  | International Space Station || $138,000,000,000 ||  
+
  | International Space Station || $138,000,000,000 ||
 
  |-
 
  |-
  | Space Shuttle program || $194,620,000,000 ||  
+
  | Space Shuttle program || $194,620,000,000 ||
 
  |-
 
  |-
 
  | US interstate highway system || $465,970,000,000 || The largest single public-works project in the history of mankind
 
  | US interstate highway system || $465,970,000,000 || The largest single public-works project in the history of mankind
Line 2,611: Line 2,797:
  
 
===Federal budget===
 
===Federal budget===
 +
{| class="wikitable"
 +
! Category
 +
! Item
 +
! Price
 +
! Notes
 +
|-
 +
! rowspan="8"|General/Legislative
 +
|-
 +
| Policy and regulation
 +
| $629,460,000
 +
| Merged into one block with Management.
 +
|-
 +
| Fiscal assistance
 +
| $5,150,000,000
 +
|
 +
|-
 +
| Property and records
 +
| $1,550,000,000
 +
|
 +
|-
 +
| Legislative
 +
| $4,140,000,000
 +
|
 +
|-
 +
| Fiscal operations
 +
| $12,070,000,000
 +
|
 +
|-
 +
| Management
 +
| $535,000,000
 +
| Merged into one block with Policy and regulation.
 +
|-
 +
| Total
 +
| $24,074,460,000
 +
|
 +
|-
 +
! rowspan="6"|Energy
 +
|-
 +
| Conservation
 +
| $5,070,000,000
 +
|
 +
|-
 +
| Supply
 +
| $5,870,000,000
 +
|
 +
|-
 +
| Policy and regulation
 +
| $629,460,000
 +
|
 +
|-
 +
| Preparedness
 +
| $201,710,000
 +
|
 +
|-
 +
| Total
 +
| $11,771,170,000
 +
|
 +
|-
 +
! rowspan="4"|Science/Tech
 +
|-
 +
| General R&D
 +
| $12,850,000,000
 +
| Rounded down to 12 blocks.
 +
|-
 +
| Space
 +
| $18,620,000,000
 +
|
 +
|-
 +
| Total
 +
| $31,470,000,000
 +
|
 +
|-
 +
! rowspan="4"|Agriculture
 +
|-
 +
| Farm income
 +
| $16,830,000,000
 +
|
 +
|-
 +
| R&D and services
 +
| $4,820,000,000
 +
|
 +
|-
 +
| Total
 +
| $21,650,000,000
 +
|
 +
|-
 +
! rowspan="6"|Justice
 +
|-
 +
| Law Enforcement
 +
| $28,140,000,000
 +
|
 +
|-
 +
| Criminal justice assistance
 +
| $4,920,000,000
 +
|
 +
|-
 +
| Legal
 +
| $13,250,000,000
 +
|
 +
|-
 +
| Corrections
 +
| $7,850,000,000
 +
|
 +
|-
 +
| Total
 +
| $54,160,000,000
 +
|
 +
|-
 +
! rowspan="5"|Community and regional development
 +
|-
 +
| Community
 +
| $10,040,000,000
 +
|
 +
|-
 +
| Regional
 +
| $3,290,000,000
 +
| Label swapped with Disaster relief.
 +
|-
 +
| Disaster relief
 +
| $10,800,000,000
 +
| Label swapped with Regional.
 +
|-
 +
| Total
 +
| $24,130,000,000
 +
|
 +
|-
 +
! rowspan="5"|Transportation
 +
|-
 +
| Air
 +
| $21,720,000,000
 +
|
 +
|-
 +
| Water
 +
| $9,480,000,000
 +
| Rounded up to 10 bocks.
 +
|-
 +
| Ground
 +
| $61,610,000,000
 +
| Rounded down to 61 blocks.
 +
|-
 +
| Total
 +
| $92,810,000,000
 +
|
 +
|-
 +
! rowspan="7"|Education and job training
 +
|-
 +
| Social services
 +
| $19,440,000,000
 +
|
 +
|-
 +
| Research and other labor
 +
| $5,470,000,000
 +
|
 +
|-
 +
| Training/employment
 +
| $9,990,000,000
 +
|
 +
|-
 +
| Higher education
 +
| $20,300,000,000
 +
|
 +
|-
 +
| K-12 and vocational education
 +
| $74,260,000,000
 +
| The chart depicts 73 blocks instead of 74.
 +
|-
 +
| Total
 +
| $129,460,000,000
 +
|
 +
|-
 +
! rowspan="7"|Natural resources
 +
|-
 +
| Pollution control
 +
| $10,990,000,000
 +
|
 +
|-
 +
| Conservation
 +
| $10,930,000,000
 +
|
 +
|-
 +
| Recreation
 +
| $3,960,000,000
 +
|
 +
|-
 +
| Other resources
 +
| $6,560,000,000
 +
|
 +
|-
 +
| Water
 +
| $11,810,000,000
 +
|
 +
|-
 +
| Total
 +
| $44,250,000,000
 +
|
 +
|-
 +
! rowspan="5"|Health/Medicaid
 +
|-
 +
| Health care
 +
| $335,320,000,000
 +
|
 +
|-
 +
| Safety
 +
| $4,200,000,000
 +
|
 +
|-
 +
| Research
 +
| $34,670,000,000
 +
|
 +
|-
 +
| Total
 +
| $374,080,000,000
 +
|
 +
|-
 +
! rowspan="2"|Interest on debt
 +
|-
 +
|
 +
| $198,870,000,000
 +
|
 +
|-
 +
! rowspan="3"|Social Security
 +
|-
 +
|
 +
| $716,360,000,000
 +
|
 +
|-
 +
| Federal payments to dead retirees
 +
| $120,200,000
 +
|
 +
|-
 +
! rowspan="8"|Income security
 +
|-
 +
| Other income aid
 +
| $184,350,000,000
 +
|
 +
|-
 +
| Food aid
 +
| $96,410,000,000
 +
|
 +
|-
 +
| Retirement and disability (non-SS)
 +
| $6,650,000,000
 +
|
 +
|-
 +
| Housing
 +
| $59,450,000,000
 +
|
 +
|-
 +
| Government retirement and disability
 +
| $121,500,000,000
 +
|
 +
|-
 +
| Unemployment
 +
| $162,330,000,000
 +
|
 +
|-
 +
| Total
 +
| $630,680,000,000
 +
|
 +
|-
 +
! rowspan="7"|Veterans
 +
|-
 +
| Other
 +
| $4,940,000,000
 +
|
 +
|-
 +
| Training and rehab
 +
| $8,200,000,000
 +
|
 +
|-
 +
| Housing
 +
| $547,000,000
 +
|
 +
|-
 +
| Medical care
 +
| $46,340,000,000
 +
|
 +
|-
 +
| Unemployment
 +
| $49,830,000,000
 +
|
 +
|-
 +
| Total
 +
| $109,860,000,000
 +
|
 +
|-
 +
! rowspan="10"|Military
 +
|-
 +
| R&D
 +
| $78,040,000,000
 +
|
 +
|-
 +
| Housing
 +
| $3,220,000,000
 +
|
 +
|-
 +
| Nuclear security
 +
| $19,580,000,000
 +
|
 +
|-
 +
| "Defense-related"
 +
| $7,670,000,000
 +
|
 +
|-
 +
| Construction
 +
| $21,460,000,000
 +
|
 +
|-
 +
| Personnel
 +
| $157,810,000,000
 +
|
 +
|-
 +
| Operations
 +
| $279,750,000,000
 +
|
 +
|-
 +
| Equipment
 +
| $135,420,000,000
 +
|
 +
|-
 +
| Total
 +
| $703,030,000,000
 +
|
 +
|}
  
 
===Budget options===
 
===Budget options===
 +
 
Estimates by the Congressional Budget Office of the effect of various hypothetical policy decisions on annual tax revenue, averaged over the next ten years.
 
Estimates by the Congressional Budget Office of the effect of various hypothetical policy decisions on annual tax revenue, averaged over the next ten years.
 +
 
{| class="wikitable"
 
{| class="wikitable"
 
  ! Category
 
  ! Category
Line 2,635: Line 3,147:
 
  | $10,060,000,000
 
  | $10,060,000,000
 
  |-
 
  |-
  | Legalize marijuana and tax it at levels similar to tobacco
+
  | Legalize marijuana (and tax it at levels similar to tobacco)
 
  | $7,020,000,000
 
  | $7,020,000,000
 
  |-
 
  |-
 
  | Institute tax on CO2 emissions
 
  | Institute tax on CO2 emissions
  | $10,060,000,000 (This appears to be a mistake by [[Randall]] and should read $113,000,000,000)
+
  | $10,060,000,000 (This appears to be a mistake by [[Randall]] and should read $118,000,000,000)
 
  |}
 
  |}
  
 
===Stimulus spending===
 
===Stimulus spending===
{| class="wikitable sortable"
+
{| class="wikitable"
 +
|-
 +
! Year
 +
! Item
 +
! Value
 +
! Notes
 +
|-
 +
| rowspan="5"|2008
 +
|-
 +
| Individual tax breaks
 +
| $120,110,000,000
 +
|
 
  |-
 
  |-
  ! Item !! Value
+
  | Student loan guarantees
 +
| $33,470,000,000
 +
|
 
  |-
 
  |-
  | 2008 Total || $205,930,000,000
+
  | Business tax breaks
 +
| $52,360,000,000
 +
| Rounded up to 53 blocks.
 
  |-
 
  |-
  | Individual tax breaks || $120,110,000,000
+
  | Total
 +
| $205,930,000,000
 +
|
 
  |-
 
  |-
  | Student loan guarantees || $33,470,000,000
+
  | rowspan="9"|2009
 
  |-
 
  |-
  | Business tax breaks || $52,360,000,000
+
  | Tax breaks
 +
| $307,530,000,000
 +
| The chart depicts 318 blocks.
 
  |-
 
  |-
  | 2009 Total || $747,950,000,000
+
  | Education
 +
| $90,460,000,000
 +
| The chart depicts 92 blocks.
 
  |-
 
  |-
  | Tax breaks || $307,530,000,000
+
  | Medicare/Medicaid
 +
| $80,500,000,000
 +
| The chart depicts 89 blocks.
 
  |-
 
  |-
  | Education || $90,460,000,000
+
  | Transportation
 +
| $32,560,000,000
 +
|
 
  |-
 
  |-
  | Medicare/Medicaid || $80,500,000,000
+
  | Unemployment
 +
| $62,740,000,000
 +
|
 
  |-
 
  |-
  | Transportation || $32,560,000,000
+
  | Infrastructure
 +
| $24,000,000,000
 +
|
 
  |-
 
  |-
  | Unemployment || $62,740,000,000
+
  | Other
 +
| $150,160,000,000
 +
| The chart depicts 183 blocks.
 
  |-
 
  |-
  | Infrastructure || $24,000,000,000
+
  | Total
 +
| $747,950,000,000
 +
| The chart depicts 800 blocks.
 
  |-
 
  |-
| Other spending || $150,160,000,000
 
 
  |}
 
  |}
  
Line 2,677: Line 3,221:
 
  ! Item !! Value !! Notes
 
  ! Item !! Value !! Notes
 
  |-
 
  |-
  | 1980s-1990 S&L bailout || $78,300,000,000 || total cost to taxpayers
+
  | 1980s-1990 S&L bailout || $78,300,000,000 || total cost to taxpayers (the chart depicts 180 blocks)
 
  |-
 
  |-
 
  | Cost to FDIC of bank failures || $19,000,000,000 || resulting from the 2008 financial crisis
 
  | Cost to FDIC of bank failures || $19,000,000,000 || resulting from the 2008 financial crisis
Line 2,683: Line 3,227:
 
  | TARP bailout funds distributed || $392,980,000,000 || Out of $700,000,000,000 available
 
  | TARP bailout funds distributed || $392,980,000,000 || Out of $700,000,000,000 available
 
  |-
 
  |-
  | Estimated TARP taxpayer losses || $41,660,000,000 ||
+
  | Estimated TARP taxpayer losses || $41,660,000,000 || The chart depicts 36 blocks instead of 42.
 
  |-
 
  |-
  | Value of outstanding TARP assets || $144,440,000 || Randall made a mistake here the chart should read $144,440,000,000
+
  | Value of outstanding TARP assets || $144,440,000 || This appears to be a mistake by [[Randall]] and should read $144,440,000,000.
 
  |-
 
  |-
 
  | Bailout funds returned || $206,880,000,000 ||
 
  | Bailout funds returned || $206,880,000,000 ||
 
  |-
 
  |-
  | Current Eurozone bailout fund || $1,361,700,000,000 ||
+
  | Current Eurozone bailout fund || $1,361,700,000,000 || The chart depicts 1162 blocks instead of 1362.
 
  |}
 
  |}
  
Line 2,695: Line 3,239:
 
{| class="wikitable sortable"
 
{| class="wikitable sortable"
 
  |-
 
  |-
  ! Item !! Cost
+
  ! Item !! Cost !! Notes
 +
|-
 +
| Annual improper federal payments comprising fraud, abuse, and poorly-documented payments || $125,400,000,000 ||
 
  |-
 
  |-
  | Annual improper federal payments comprising fraud, abuse, and poorly-documented payments || $125,400,000,000
+
  | Federal payments to dead retirees || $120,200,000 ||
 
  |-
 
  |-
  | Federal payments to dead retirees || $120,200,000
+
  | Ground Zero medical expenses fund || $2,800,000,000 ||
 
  |-
 
  |-
  | NEA-estimated cost to bring all US schools into good repair || $413,300,000,000,000
+
  | NEA-estimated cost to bring all US schools into good repair || $413,300,000,000,000 || The chart depicts 423 blocks instead of 413.
 
  |-
 
  |-
  | Annual economic cost of unmaintained infrastructure || $129,000,000,000
+
  | Annual economic cost of unmaintained infrastructure || $129,000,000,000 ||
 
  |-
 
  |-
  | Estimated direct annual agricultural value of bees || $220,000,000,000
+
  | Estimated direct annual agricultural value of bees || $220,000,000,000 ||
 
  |}
 
  |}
  
Line 2,727: Line 3,273:
 
  | The $87 billion which John Kerry voted for/against || $101,800,000,000
 
  | The $87 billion which John Kerry voted for/against || $101,800,000,000
 
  |-
 
  |-
  | "Star Wars" missile defence system (1987 Heritage Foundation estimate) || $185,300,000,000
+
  | "Star Wars" missile defense system (1987 Heritage Foundation estimate) || $185,300,000,000
 
  |}
 
  |}
  
 
===US Spending on Wars===
 
===US Spending on Wars===
 +
 
Including only direct spending on war operations, and not resulting veterans' benefits or interest on debt incurred.
 
Including only direct spending on war operations, and not resulting veterans' benefits or interest on debt incurred.
 +
 
{| class="wikitable sortable"
 
{| class="wikitable sortable"
 
  |-
 
  |-
  ! War !! Cost
+
  ! War !! Cost !! Notes
 
  |-
 
  |-
  | World War I || $334,000,000,000
+
  | World War I || $334,000,000,000 ||
 
  |-
 
  |-
  | Spanish-American War || $9,030,000,000
+
  | Spanish-American War || $9,030,000,000 ||
 
  |-
 
  |-
  | Civil War || $79,740,000,000
+
  | Civil War || $79,740,000,000 ||
 
  |-
 
  |-
  | American revolution || $2,410,000,000
+
  | American revolution || $2,410,000,000 ||
 
  |-
 
  |-
  | 1812 || $1,550,000,000
+
  | 1812 || $1,550,000,000 ||
 
  |-
 
  |-
  | Mexican War || $2,380,000,000
+
  | Mexican War || $2,380,000,000 ||
 
  |-
 
  |-
  | World War II || $4,104,000,000,000
+
  | World War II || $4,104,000,000,000 ||
 
  |-
 
  |-
  | Korean War || $341,000,000,000
+
  | Korean War || $341,000,000,000 ||
 
  |-
 
  |-
  | Vietnam War || $738,000,000,000
+
  | Vietnam War || $738,000,000,000 ||
 
  |-
 
  |-
  | Persian Gulf War || $102,000,000,000
+
  | Persian Gulf War || $102,000,000,000 ||
 
  |-
 
  |-
  | Iraq War || $784,000,000,000
+
  | Iraq War || $784,000,000,000 || The chart depicts 786 blocks.
 
  |-
 
  |-
 
  | War in Afghanistan || $321,000,000,000
 
  | War in Afghanistan || $321,000,000,000
 +
|-
 +
| Total || $804,410,000,000 || This appears to be a mistake by [[Randall]] and should read $8,044,100,000,000.
 
  |}
 
  |}
  

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