Top 10 Synonyms for “700 Billion Dollars”

1) 700,000 Million Dollars.

2) 1,759 Bridges to Nowhere (at $398 million each).

3) 6,542,056,075 Barrels of Oil (at $107 per barrel).

4) 175,000,000 Gallons of gas (at $4 per Gallon).

5) 3,608 McCain Attempts at the White House (based on McCain’s spending of $195 million on this campaign so far, as of 09/21/08).

6) 233,333 Ralph Nader Attempts at the White House (based on Nader’s spending of $3 million on this campaign so far, as of 09/21/08).

7) 9,763 Wall Street CEO's Annual Compensations (based on Lehman Brothers’ CEO Richard Fuld’s 2007 annual salary package of $71,770,000).

8) 148,462 Golden Parachutes (based on the combined $9.43 million that Fannie Mae executive Daniel Mudd and Freddie Mac executive Richard Syron took home after the Feds took over the ruins of their companies).

9) 700 Billion Lee Iacocca 1979 Salaries (when the government bailed out Chrysler, Lee Iacocca's paycheck that year was $1).

10) Just ONE Monstrously Ill-Conceived Government-Run Hedge Fund That Will Buy Up Bad Mortgage-Backed Debts To Bail Out Wall Street Allowing The Rich To Become Richer And ...