Harry Potter movie franchise total revenue
| Harry Potter movie franchise total revenue |
$21,000,000,000
|
| Treasure found in a temple in India in 2011 |
$22,000,000,000
|
Box office revenue
Adjusted for monetary inflation but not ticket price inflation
Hilighted: films that earned more than 2009's Avatar
Some dates are off by one year.
| 2009 |
Avatar |
$783,510,000 |
|
| 2008 |
The Dark Knight |
$547,520,000 |
|
| 2003 |
Shrek 2 |
$516,610,000 |
|
| 1999 |
The Phantom Menace |
$572,000,000 |
|
| 1997 |
Titanic |
$827,260,000 |
Yes
|
| 1994 |
The Lion King |
$625,810,000 |
|
| 1993 |
Jurassic Park |
$625,810,000 |
|
| 1984 |
Ghostbusters |
$507,720,000 |
|
| 1983 |
Return of the Jedi |
$686,710,000 |
|
| 1982 |
E.T. |
$996,580,000 |
Yes
|
| 1980 |
The Empire Strikes Back |
$778,530,000 |
|
| 1977 |
Star Wars |
$1,681,000,000 |
Yes
|
| 1975 |
Jaws |
$1,067,510,000 |
Yes
|
| 1973 |
The Exorcist |
$1,019,000,000 |
Yes
|
| 1965 |
The Sound of Music |
$1,144,920,000 |
Yes
|
| 1962 |
101 Dalmatians |
$1,131,310,000 |
Yes
|
| 1960 |
Ben-Hur |
$561,090,000 |
|
| 1957 |
The Ten Commandments |
$532,570,000 |
|
| 1943 |
Bambi |
$1,391,000,000 |
Yes
|
| 1942 |
Fantasia |
$1,146,000,000 |
Yes
|
| 1940 |
Gone With the Wind |
$3,157,000,000 |
Yes
|
| 1938 |
Snow White |
$2,841,700,000 |
Yes
|
Charity
| US annual charitable giving |
$294,850,000,000
|
| To religious organizations |
$102,000,000,000
|
| To educational organizations |
$42,240,000,000
|
| To foundations |
$33,450,000,000
|
| To human services |
$26,850,000,000
|
| To societal benefit organizations |
$24,570,000,000
|
| To health organizations |
$23,140,000,000
|
| To international affairs |
$15,980,000,000
|
| To arts and culture |
$13,460,000,000
|
| To animals and environment |
$6,750,000,000
|
| Other |
$6,410,000,000
|
Type of giving:
| Individual giving |
$214,650,000,000
|
| Foundation grantmaking |
$41,560,000,000
|
| Bequests |
$23,140,000,000
|
| Corporate giving |
$15,500,000,000
|
Gates Foundation total giving since 1994
| Gates Foundation total giving since 1994 |
$25,360,000,000
|
| Global health |
~$12,000,000,000
|
| US |
~$4,000,000,000
|
| Developments |
~$3,000,000,000
|
| Grants |
~$1,000,000,000
|
| Missing |
~$5,000,000,000
|
Book publishing industry revenue
| 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
|
| Trade books |
$14,130,000,000
|
| K-12 |
$5,570,000,000
|
| Professional |
$3,750,000,000
|
| Higher education |
$4,560,000,000
|
Video game industry revenue
| Video game industry revenue |
$48,900,000,000
|
| United States |
$18,830,000,000
|
Education
| 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
|
| Defaulted Federal student loans (Private total unknown) |
$65,020,000,000
|
| Private student loans |
$163,900,000,000
|
| Total spending on primary and secondary education in the US |
$612,470,000,000
|
| Teacher Salaries |
$295,810,000,000
|
| Total annual higher education spending in the US |
$355,110,000,000
|
Harvard University revenue
| Tuition, donations and fees |
$1,425,000,000
|
| Investments |
$7,900,000,000
|
In other words, if Harvard eliminated tuition, it would mean roughly a 15% budget cut.
Education foundations
| Gates Foundation |
$36,700,000,000
|
| INGKA Foundation |
$36,000,000,000
|
| Howard Hughes Medical Institute |
$14,800,000,000
|
| Ford Foundation |
$13,800,000,000
|
| John D. and Catherine T. MacArthur Foundation |
$6,100,000,000
|
Endowments of the 63 wealthiest universities
| Endowments of the 63 wealthiest universities |
$277,570,000,000
|
| Harvard |
$32,000,000,000
|
| Yale |
$19,400,000,000
|
| Princeton |
$17,010,000,000
|
| U of Texas |
$16,610,000,000
|
| Stanford |
$16,500,000,000
|
| MIT |
$9,900,000,000
|
| Columbia |
$7,800,000,000
|
| U of Michigan |
$7,800,000,000
|
| Texas A&M |
$7,030,000,000
|
| Northwestern |
$7,030,000,000
|
| The other 53 |
$136,490,000,000
|
Corporate revenue
| Walmart |
$421,800,000,000 |
$16,390,000,000 |
|
| ExxonMobil |
$354,700,000,000 |
$30,460,000,000 |
|
| Chevron |
$196,300,000,000 |
$19,020,000,000 |
|
| Fannie Mae |
$153,800,000,000 (the chart depicts 156 blocks instead of 154) |
|
$14,010,000,000
|
| GE |
$151,600,000,000 (the chart depicts 151 blocks instead of 152) |
$11,640,000,000 |
|
| 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 |
|
| 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 |
|
| MasterCard |
$5,500,000,000 (the chart depicts 5 blocks instead of 6) |
$1,850,000,000 |
|
| 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 (the chart depicts 6 blocks instead of 7) |
|
| 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 (the chart depicts 126 blocks instead of 125) |
$19,860,000,000 |
|
| Verizon |
$106,560,000,000 (the chart depicts 106 blocks instead of 107) |
$2,550,000,000 |
|
| 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 |
|
| Citigroup |
$111,060,000,000 |
$10,600,000,000 |
|
| AIG |
$104,420,000,000 |
$7,790,000,000 |
|
| 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 |
|
| Microsoft |
$62,480,000,000 |
$18,760,000,000 |
|
| Google |
$29,320,000,000 |
$8,510,000,000 |
|
| Combined annual profit of the Fortune 500 companies |
|
$708,600,000,000 |
|
US health care spending
| Category
|
Item
|
Price
|
Notes
|
| US cancer spending
|
| US spending on lung cancer treatment
|
$11,310,000,000
|
|
| US spending on tobacco marketing
|
$13,600,000,000
|
|
| US spending on all cancer treatment
|
$106,870,000,000
|
|
| US spending on cigarettes
|
$91,660,000,000
|
The chart depicts 93 blocks instead of 92.
|
| US health care spending (2005 data)
|
| Private insurance
|
$785,900,000,000
|
|
| Out-of-pocket
|
$282,260,000,000
|
The chart depicts 250 blocks instead of 282.
|
| Other private spending
|
$79,000,000,000
|
The chart depicts 111 blocks instead of 79.
|
| Total private spending
|
$1,147,050,000,000
|
|
| Medicare
|
$387,070,000,000
|
|
| Medicaid
|
$351,980,000,000
|
|
| Other government spending
|
$219,000,000,000
|
|
| Total Government spending
|
$958,950,000,000
|
|
| Total
|
$2,106,000,000,000
|
|
NCAA budget
$5,640,000,000
Total annual tax breaks to the five largest oil companies
| Combined pay at Wall St. banks and securities firms |
$135,000,000,000 |
|
| Mobile computing annual sales |
$220,000,000,000 |
|
| Online spending in 2009 |
$251,070,000,000 |
|
| Total annual tax breaks to the five largest oil companies |
$2,100,000,000 |
|
| US annual oil and gas subsidies |
$41,000,000,000 |
|
| 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 |
|
| 2010 lobbying |
$3,560,000,000 |
|
| 2005 lobbying |
$2,750,000,000 |
|
| 2000 lobbying |
$2,000,000,000 |
|
| One B-2 bomber |
$2,500,000,000 |
The chart depicts 2 blocks instead of 3.
|
US R&D
| US annual corporate R&D |
$334,490,000,000
|
| Information technology |
$46,560,000,000
|
| Scientific, technical or professional services |
$31,060,000,000
|
| Manufacturing industries (Unlabelled on the money chart) |
$236,151,000,000
|
| Other |
$20,710,000,000
|
US GDP
The combined economic value of all goods and services produced in a year
| Category
|
Item
|
Value
|
Notes
|
| US GDP
|
|
|
$14,545,950,000,000
|
|
| Government
|
|
|
$1,980,640,000,000
|
|
| 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
|
|
| Nondurable Goods
|
| Food, beverage and tobacco
|
$212,330,000,000
|
|
| Chemicals
|
$223,050,000,000
|
|
| Petroleum and coal
|
$123,630,000,000
|
|
| Apparel
|
$12,050,000,000
|
The chart depicts 14 blocks instead of 12.
|
| Paper products
|
$57,800,000,000
|
The chart depicts 62 blocks instead of 58.
|
| Plastics and rubber products
|
$58,410,000,000
|
|
| Textile mills
|
$18,130,000,000
|
The chart depicts 12 blocks instead of 18.
|
| Printing and related supports
|
$33,790,000,000
|
|
| Total
|
$739,300,000,000
|
|
| Durable Goods
|
| Computers and electronics
|
$212,640,000,000
|
|
| Metal products
|
$125,590,000,000
|
|
| Machinery
|
$116,110,000,000
|
|
| Wood products
|
$21,530,000,000
|
Rounded down to 21 blocks.
|
| Furniture
|
$24,930,000,000
|
|
| Other transportation equipment
|
$93,440,000,000
|
|
| Motor vehicles, trailers and parts
|
$80,560,000,000
|
|
| Mineral products
|
$39,360,000,000
|
|
| Metals
|
$44,710,000,000
|
|
| Miscellaneous
|
$81,390,000,000
|
|
| Electrical equipment and components
|
$53,260,000,000
|
|
| Total
|
$898,420,000,000
|
This appears to be a mistake by Randall and should read $893,420,000,000.
|
| Finance and insurance
|
| Federal Reserve banks and credit intermediaries
|
$529,540,000,000
|
|
| Insurance
|
$437,340,000,000
|
|
| Investments
|
$180,500,000,000
|
|
| Funds and trusts
|
$59,550,000,000
|
|
| Total
|
$1,207,030,000,000
|
|
| Professional and business services
|
| Waste management
|
$39,870,000,000
|
|
| Administrative and support services
|
$358,110,000,000
|
|
| Legal services
|
$225,830,000,000
|
|
| Computer systems design and service
|
$174,730,000,000
|
|
| Corporate management
|
$253,950,000,000
|
|
| Other professional or technical services
|
$700,250,000,000
|
|
| Total
|
$1,752,750,000,000
|
|
| Health and education
|
| Social assistance
|
$93,750,000,000
|
|
| Ambulatory health care services
|
$529,750,000,000
|
|
| Hospitals
|
$466,390,000,000
|
|
| Educational services
|
$159,580,000,000
|
|
| Total
|
$1,294,580,000,000
|
This appears to be a mistake by Randall and should read $1,249,580,000,000
|
| Utilities
|
|
|
$276,210,000,000
|
|
| Other services
|
|
|
$345,540,000,000
|
|
| Construction
|
|
|
$553,750,000,000
|
|
| Mining
|
| Mining (other than oil and gas)
|
$50,380,000,000
|
|
| Mining support
|
$51,270,000,000
|
|
| Oil and gas
|
$145,990,000,000
|
|
| Total
|
$248,080,000,000
|
|
| Agriculture
|
| Farms
|
$107,140,000,000
|
|
| Forestry, fishing and related
|
$30,080,000,000
|
|
| Total
|
$137,120,000,000
|
|
| Arts and entertainment
|
| Food service
|
$285,480,000,000
|
|
| Performing arts, sports and museums
|
$73,040,000,000
|
|
| Amusements, gambling and general recreation
|
$73,040,000,000
|
This appears to be a mistake by Randall and should read $58,110,000,000
|
| Accomodation [sic]
|
$111,990,000,000
|
|
| Total
|
$528,620,000,000
|
|
| Information
|
| Information and data processing
|
$78,300,000,000
|
|
| Publishing (including software)
|
$152,170,000,000
|
|
| Film, video and sound recording
|
$61,610,000,000
|
|
| Broadcasting and telecommunications
|
$366,560,000,000
|
|
| Total
|
$658,630,000,000
|
|
| Transportation and storage
|
| Warehousing and storage
|
$40,590,000,000
|
|
| Water
|
$14,730,000,000
|
|
| 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
|
|
| Truck
|
$116,520,000,000
|
Rounded down to 116 blocks
|
| Transit and land passenger
|
$24,110,000,000
|
The chart depicts 22 blocks instead of 24
|
| Pipeline
|
$12,360,000,000
|
|
| Other transport
|
$97,560,000,000
|
|
| Total
|
$401,280,000,000
|
|
Billionaires
| Category
|
Person
|
Networth
|
Ten Richest Ranking
|
| Technology
|
| Carlos Slim Helú and family
|
$74,000,000,000
|
First
|
| Bill Gates
|
$56,000,000,000
|
Second
|
| Larry Ellison
|
$39,500,000,000
|
Fifth
|
| Larry Page
|
$19,800,000,000
|
|
| Sergey Brin
|
$19,800,000,000
|
|
| Jeff Bezos
|
$18,000,000,000
|
|
| Steve Ballmer
|
$14,500,000,000
|
|
| Mark Zuckerberg
|
$13,500,000,000
|
|
| Paul Allen
|
$13,500,000,000
|
|
| Steve Jobs (D)
|
$8,300,000,000
|
|
| Eric Schmidt
|
$7,000,000,000
|
|
| Sean Parker
|
$1,600,000,000
|
|
| Steve Case
|
$1,300,000,000
|
|
| Politicians and alleged evil plutocratic puppet masters
|
| Warren Buffett
|
$50,000,000,000
|
Third
|
| Charles Koch
|
$22,000,000,000
|
|
| David Koch
|
$22,000,000,000
|
|
| Michael Bloomberg
|
$18,100,000,000
|
The chart depicts 19 blocks instead of 18.
|
| George Soros
|
$14,000,000,000
|
|
| Silvio Berlusconi and family
|
$7,800,000,000
|
|
| Rupert Murdoch
|
$7,600,000,000
|
|
| David Geffen
|
$6,000,000,000
|
The chart depicts 4 blocks instead of 6.
|
| Uncategorized
|
| Bernard Arnault
|
$41,000,000,000
|
Fourth
|
| Lakshmi Mittal
|
$31,100,000,000
|
Sixth
|
| Amancio Ortega
|
$31,000,000,000
|
Seventh
|
| Eike Batista
|
$30,000,000,000
|
Eighth
|
| Mukesh Ambani
|
$27,000,000,000
|
Ninth
|
| Walmart
|
| Christy Walton and family
|
$26,500,000,000
|
Tenth
|
| Jim Walton
|
$21,300,000,000
|
|
| Alice Walton
|
$21,200,000,000
|
|
| S. Robson Walton
|
$21,000,000,000
|
|
| Fictional (source: Forbes)
|
| Carlisle Cullen
|
$34,500,000,000
|
|
| Scrooge McDuck
|
$33,500,000,000
|
|
| Bruce Wayne
|
$6,500,000,000
|
|
| Artemis Fowl
|
$1,900,000,000
|
|
| Fashion
|
| Lilianne Bettencourt
|
$23,500,000,000
|
|
| Ralph Lauren
|
$5,800,000,000
|
|
| Ronald Lauder
|
$3,100,000,000
|
The chart depicts 2 blocks instead of 3.
|
| Art and media
|
| George Lucas
|
$3,200,000,000
|
|
| Oprah Winfrey
|
$3,200,000,000
|
|
| Five wealthiest rappers combined
|
$1,250,000,000
|
|
| J. K. Rowling
|
$1,000,000,000
|
|
| Donald Trump
|
| Donald Trump
|
$2,700,000,000
|
The chart depicts 2 blocks instead of 3.
|
Combined net worth of the world's 1,210 billionaires $4,500,000,000,000
Corporations
by market capitalization (combined value of all stock)
| Saudi Aramco (State-owned company—estimated market value) |
$2,940,000,000,000
|
| Apple |
$358,310,000,000
|
| ExxonMobil |
$357,910,000,000
|
| PetroChina |
$280,160,000,000
|
| IBM |
$211,640,000,000
|
| Microsoft |
$211,340,000,000 (the chart depicts 212 blocks instead of 211)
|
| Bank of China |
$208,810,000,000
|
| China Mobile |
$201,510,000,000
|
| Royal Dutch Shell |
$199,780,000,000
|
| Nestlé |
$193,700,000,000
|
| Chevron |
$188,030,000,000
|
| Facebook 2011 valuation |
$70,000,000,000
|
| AT&T attempted T-Mobile purchase |
$39,000,000,000
|
| Facebook 2010 valuation |
$33,450,000,000
|
| Zynga 2011 valuation |
$14,000,000,000
|
| LivingSocial 2011 valuation |
$2,980,000,000
|
Cost to buy the world a coke
| Cost to buy the world a coke (2011 wholesale prices) |
$2,240,000,000
|
| Coca-Cola's annual marketing budget |
$2,980,000,000
|
| Cost to teach the world to sing (four half-hour lessons at $30 each) |
$840,000,000,000
|
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.
| 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
| Required for poverty-line income |
$2,602,000,000,000 |
This is the amount that must be set aside from each pool to leave $22,350—roughly a poverty-line income—for each family in that pool. If taxes are cut into this region, then it forces the average after-tax income for the pool below $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 that must be set aside from each pool 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
| 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 combined CBO tax rates/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
[map without amounts]
| Total US states' debt |
$46,000,000,000
|
US foreign military aid
| Total |
$11,010,000,000 |
|
| Afghanistan |
$5,800,000,000 |
|
| Israel |
$2,410,000,000 |
|
| Egypt |
$1,320,000,000 |
|
| Other |
$5,800,000,000 |
This appears to be a mistake by Randall and should read $1,480,000,000.
|
US foreign humanitarian and economic aid
| Total |
$34,410,000,000
|
| Iraq and Afghanistan |
$5,370,000,000
|
| West Bank and Ghana |
$1,050,000,000
|
| Africa (total) |
$8,850,000,000
|
| Other |
$19,130,000,000
|
Ft. Knox gold reserves
| Ft. Knox gold reserves (November 2011 prices) |
$245,900,000,000
|
| Unclaimed US treasury bonds |
$16,000,000,000
|
| All the tea in China |
$4,210,000,000
|
Corporate tax deduction
(Note: some of the corporate deductions are very technical and, even with the help of a technical accountant, I had trouble making sense of them. The text below is my best attempt at an English interpretation of the legalese.)
| Corporate tax deduction |
$125,180,000,000 |
|
| 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 |
|
| 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 |
|
| Miscellaneous rules for international corporate finance |
$6,800,000,000 |
|
| Foreign corporation income financing rules |
$13,680,000,000 |
|
| Other |
$41,740,000,000 |
Rounded down to 41 blocks
|
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 to revenue, because the presence of the deduction may be affecting taxpayers' spending habits.
| Small business health insurance |
$1,620,000,000 |
|
| Federal employee expenses abroad |
$7,910,000,000 |
|
| 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 |
|
| Capital gains (investment income) |
$78,760,000,000 |
|
| Pension contributions |
$84,940,000,000 |
|
| Other |
$64,970,000,000 |
|
| Employee fringe benefits |
$6,690,000,000 |
|
| Scholarships |
$2,130,000,000 |
|
| Property taxes |
$15,710,000,000 |
|
| Employer-provided transportation |
$3,850,000,000 |
|
| Retirement accounts |
$24,630,000,000 |
Rounded down to 24 blocks.
|
| Cafeteria plans |
$26,760,000,000 |
Rounded down to 26 blocks.
|
| State and local bonds |
$19,560,000,000 |
Rounded down to 19 blocks.
|
| Company daycare |
$3,140,000,000 |
|
| College and university tax credits |
$12,060,000,000 |
|
| Mortgage interest |
$92,040,000,000 |
|
| Medicare Benefits |
$55,850,000,000 |
Rounded down to 55 blocks
|
| Child care |
$55,850,000,000 |
The chart depicts 104 blocks instead of 107.
|
| Employer health plans |
$107,140,000,000 |
|
| Making Work Pay (ending) |
$60,510,000,000 |
The chart depicts 64 blocks instead of 61.
|
| First-time homebuyer credit |
$8,820,000,000 |
|
| Veterans' benefits |
$5,570,000,000 |
|
| Life insurance benefits |
$25,750,000,000 |
|
| Capital gains death exclusion |
$25,750,000,000 |
|
| Social security and railroad retirement |
$27,170,000,000 |
|
| Home sale capital gains |
$15,200,000,000 |
|
| Total |
$964,970,000,000 |
|
Federal spending
| Annual deficit |
$1,394,530,000,000
|
| Additional receipts |
$83,230,000,000
|
| Taxes raised |
$2,192,180,000,000
|
Disasters
| Japan 2011 Earthquake |
$235,000,000,000 |
reconstruction and recovery cost, World Bank estimate
|
| Hurricane Katrina |
$107,440,000,000 |
|
| 1988 US Drought |
$78,060,000,000 |
The chart depicts 83 blocks instead of 78
|
| 1980 US Drought |
$60,740,000,000 |
|
| 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 exists for terrorism.
|
| Hurricane Ike |
$28,170,000,000 |
|
| Hurricane Irene |
$8,000,000,000 |
(estimated) (the chart depicts 10 blocks instead of 8)
|
Hypothetical disasters
Estimated total losses if the disaster happened today
(based on insurance industry modeling)
| 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 |
|
| 1926 Miami hurricane |
$202,000,000,000 |
|
| 1906 San Francisco earthquake |
$197,810,000,000 |
|
| 1900 Galveston hurricane |
$82,420,000,000 |
|
| Long Island Express |
$78,060,000,000 |
(1938 New England Hurricane)
|
| Charleston SC, quake of 1886 |
$76,240,000,000 |
|
| 1989 Loma Prieta earthquake |
$12,360,000,000 |
|
Cost of electricity
(Price of electricity to power all US homes for a year, by plant type)
| Advance combined cycle natural gas |
78,100,000,000 |
|
| Conventional Coal (without societal costs) |
117,340,000,000 |
|
| External societal costs from the use of that amount of coal power |
$226,690,000,000 |
Harvard Medical School analysis. The 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 |
This appears to be a mistake by Randall and should read $60,400,000,000.
|
| 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 |
|
| Advanced coal with carbon capture |
$168,590,000,000 |
|
| Biomass |
$139,250,000,000 |
Estimates of climate impact vary wildly Consensus seems to be more than nothing but less than coal.
|
| 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 |
|
| Wind |
$120,070,000,000 |
|
| Offshore wind |
$301,030,000,000 |
|
| Solar (photovoltaic) |
$260,800,000,000 |
|
| Solar (thermal) |
$385,940,000,000 |
|
Nuclear accidents
| 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) |
$2,570,000,000 |
|
| Belarus estimated 30-year costs from Chernobyl |
$282,350,000,000 |
|
| Cost of estimated 42,457 Chernobyl deaths (EPA method) |
$344,750,000,000 |
|
BP oil spill claims fund
| BP oil spill claims fund |
$20,270,000,000
|
| Total 2004 Indian Ocean tsunami aid from all countries |
$15,840,000,000
|
| Worldwide aid to Somalia since 1991 |
$55,000,000,000
|
| G8/IMF loan pledge to Arab Spring |
$73,000,000,000
|
| 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 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
|
| Additional cost to fund all US schools at magnet school levels |
$46,340,000,000
|
| 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 |
$100/acre going rate for poor-access land
|
| UBS loss from one rogue trader |
$2,300,000,000
|
| DoE loan to CA Valley Solar Ranch Project |
$1,200,000,000
|
| Apple's cash on hand |
$76,200,000,000
|
New York CIty
| New York City |
$806,490,000,000 |
|
| Manhattan |
$281,040,000,000 |
|
| Queens |
$208,180,000,000 |
rounded up to 209 blocks
|
| Brooklyn |
$201,230,000,000 |
|
| Staten Island |
$61,380,000,000 |
|
| Bronx |
$54,660,000,000 |
rounded down to 54 blocks
|
Megaprojects
| National missile defense shield cost through 2013 |
$107,690,000,000 |
|
| 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 |
The chart depicts 56 blocks instead of 66.
|
| Obama's 2011 high-speed rail proposal |
$53,000,000,000 |
|
| Cost to build SF-to-LA high-speed rail |
$45,000,000,000 |
|
| UK Crossrail |
$26,490,000,000 |
|
| King Abdullah Economic City |
$50,020,000,000 |
High-speed rail $9,120,000,000
|
| Hong Kong International airport |
$27,120,000,000 |
|
| Manhattan Project |
$24,400,000,000 |
Rounded up to 25 blocks
|
| 2nd Avenue NYC subway line |
$17,960,000,000 |
Rounded down to 17 blocks
|
| 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 |
|
| Bay Bridge span replacement |
$6,300,000,000 |
|
| Downtown Dubai project |
$20,270,000,000 |
Burj Khalifa $1,520,000,000
|
| Channel Tunnel |
$22,960,000,000 |
|
| Nimitz-class carrier |
$4,930,000,000 |
|
| Gerald R. Ford-class carrier |
$9,000,000,000 |
|
| 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 |
|
| Apollo moon landing project |
$192,000,000,000 |
|
| International Space Station |
$138,000,000,000 |
|
| 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
|
Federal budget
| Category
|
Item
|
Price
|
Notes
|
| 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
|
|
| 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
|
|
| Science/Tech
|
| General R&D
|
$12,850,000,000
|
Rounded down to 12 blocks.
|
| Space
|
$18,620,000,000
|
|
| Total
|
$31,470,000,000
|
|
| Agriculture
|
| Farm income
|
$16,830,000,000
|
|
| R&D and services
|
$4,820,000,000
|
|
| Total
|
$21,650,000,000
|
|
| 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
|
|
| 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
|
|
| 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
|
|
| 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
|
|
| 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
|
|
| Health/Medicaid
|
| Health care
|
$335,320,000,000
|
|
| Safety
|
$4,200,000,000
|
|
| Research
|
$34,670,000,000
|
|
| Total
|
$374,080,000,000
|
|
| Interest on debt
|
|
|
$198,870,000,000
|
|
| Social Security
|
|
|
$716,360,000,000
|
|
| Federal payments to dead retirees
|
$120,200,000
|
|
| 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
|
|
| 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
|
|
| 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
Estimates by the Congressional Budget Office of the effect of various hypothetical policy decisions on annual tax revenue averaged over the next ten years.
| Category
|
Item
|
Price
|
| Cost of existing tax cuts (Loss in annual revenue if tax cuts are made permanent)
|
| 2001 (Bush) tax cuts
|
$158,240,000,000
|
| 2003 (Bush) capital gains tax cuts
|
$27,190,000,000
|
| 2010 (Obama) payroll tax cut
|
$111,700,000,000
|
| Potential new taxes (Increase in annual tax revenue if implimented)
|
| Raise corporate taxes by one percentage point
|
$10,060,000,000
|
| Legalize marijuana (and tax it at levels similar to tobacco)
|
$7,020,000,000
|
| Institute tax on CO2 emissions
|
$10,060,000,000 (This appears to be a mistake by Randall and should read $118,000,000,000)
|
Stimulus spending
| Year
|
Item
|
Value
|
Notes
|
| 2008
|
| Individual tax breaks
|
$120,110,000,000
|
|
| Student loan guarantees
|
$33,470,000,000
|
|
| Business tax breaks
|
$52,360,000,000
|
Rounded up to 53 blocks.
|
| Total
|
$205,930,000,000
|
|
| 2009
|
| Tax breaks
|
$307,530,000,000
|
The chart depicts 318 blocks.
|
| Education
|
$90,460,000,000
|
The chart depicts 92 blocks.
|
| Medicare/Medicaid
|
$80,500,000,000
|
The chart depicts 89 blocks.
|
| Transportation
|
$32,560,000,000
|
|
| Unemployment
|
$62,740,000,000
|
|
| Infrastructure
|
$24,000,000,000
|
|
| Other
|
$150,160,000,000
|
The chart depicts 183 blocks.
|
| Total
|
$747,950,000,000
|
The chart depicts 800 blocks.
|
Bailouts
| 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
|
| TARP bailout funds distributed |
$392,980,000,000 |
Out of $700,000,000,000 available
|
| Estimated TARP taxpayer losses |
$41,660,000,000 |
The chart depicts 36 blocks instead of 42.
|
| 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 |
|
| Current Eurozone bailout fund |
$1,361,700,000,000 |
The chart depicts 1162 blocks instead of 1362.
|
Federal Payments
| Annual improper federal payments comprising fraud, abuse and poorly-documented payments |
$125,400,000,000 |
|
| 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 |
The chart depicts 423 blocks instead of 413.
|
| Annual economic cost of unmaintained infrastructure |
$129,000,000,000 |
|
| Estimated direct annual agricultural value of bees |
$220,000,000,000 |
|
Military/Security Spending
| Wasted money in Afghanistan/Iraq war contracts |
$60,000,000,000
|
| Reconstruction money reportedly missing |
$18,000,000,000
|
| Total US spending since 2001 to secure borders |
$90,000,000,000
|
| US nuclear arms spending during the Cold War |
$2,818,300,000,000
|
| Ballistic missile submarines |
$451,360,000,000
|
| Ballistic missiles to put on those submarines |
$136,690,000,000
|
| The $87 billion which John Kerry voted for/against |
$101,800,000,000
|
| "Star Wars" missile defense system (1987 Heritage Foundation estimate) |
$185,300,000,000
|
US Spending on Wars
Including only direct spending on war operations, and not the resulting veterans' benefits or interest on debt incurred.
| World War I |
$334,000,000,000 |
|
| Spanish-American War |
$9,030,000,000 |
|
| Civil War |
$79,740,000,000 |
|
| American revolution |
$2,410,000,000 |
|
| 1812 |
$1,550,000,000 |
|
| Mexican War |
$2,380,000,000 |
|
| World War II |
$4,104,000,000,000 |
|
| Korean War |
$341,000,000,000 |
|
| Vietnam War |
$738,000,000,000 |
|
| Persian Gulf War |
$102,000,000,000 |
|
| Iraq War |
$784,000,000,000 |
The chart depicts 786 blocks.
|
| 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.
|
