
Mind bending. Really. Here's their inflation-adjusted breakdown:
Marshall Plan: Cost: $12.7 billion, Inflation Adjusted Cost: $115.3 billionLouisiana Purchase: Cost: $15 million, Inflation Adjusted Cost: $217 billionRace to the Moon: Cost: $36.4 billion, Inflation Adjusted Cost: $237 billionS&L Crisis: Cost: $153 billion, Inflation Adjusted Cost: $256 billionKorean War: Cost: $54 billion, Inflation Adjusted Cost: $454 billionThe New Deal: Cost: $32 billion (Est), Inflation Adjusted Cost: $500 billion (Est)Invasion of Iraq: Cost: $551b, Inflation Adjusted Cost: $597 billionVietnam War: Cost: $111 billion, Inflation Adjusted Cost: $698 billionNASA: Cost: $416.7 billion, Inflation Adjusted Cost: $851.2 billionTOTAL: $3,920,000,000,0002008 BAILOUT TOTAL AS OF NOV 2008: $4,616,000,000,000
This is being undertaken by a Republican administration. Can we please never hear the phrase "tax and spend liberal" in another campaign?
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