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To: Hank Scorpio who wrote (301508)	4/17/2009 10:38:14 AM
From: Bald Eagle	6 Recommendations Read Replies (1) \| Respond to of 793955

Savage sues Napolitano for targeting vets wnd.com

To: Hank Scorpio who wrote (301508)	4/17/2009 11:20:09 AM
From: TimF	Read Replies (2) \| Respond to of 793955

The amount actually going to ACORN is unclear. There was an item about $5.2 bil “Neighborhood Stabilization Programs.” That type of money normally goes to local governments, but a clause was inserted that would allow it to go to community organizations. How much of it goes to community organizations and how much goes to local governments will probably only be known (if ever) after its spent. And what percentage of the community organization group money will go to ACORN is also unknown. $5.2bil is the upper bound, but it will probably be a lot less than that. Still if its only two percent of that figure its a very bad way to spend $104 mil. As for carriers. The USS Bush cost only a little bit more than that "neighborhood stabilization" program. $5.2 bil for the program. $6.2bil for the Bush. Then you would have aircraft and crew costs, and maintenance and operations costs, and the cost for the escorts to form a carrier battle group. I don't know the total but lets say over the life of the Bush (which will be pretty long) they would be $100 bil. (A poorly educated guess, but probably not unreasonable. If anyone has a better figure let me know.) For the cost of all the bailout and stimulus bills, your could fund the lifetime costs (if my guess is correct or close) of over 100 carrier battle groups. (And that's ignoring economies of scale you would get from building so many ships and planes). Not that I want to divert that much resources to the Navy, but it does give an idea of the scale of money where spending. ------------- Total Bailout Bill: $12.8 Trillion businessinsider.com GetZeeGold 01-10-2009, 07:18 PM """USS George H.W. Bush, cost of $6.2 billion""" Kinda brings the magnitude of the bailout home. Just think how many aircraft carriers we coulda bought with that money. ... strayaway 01-11-2009, 12:40 PM The USS Bush has a 4.5 acre landing field. A dollar bill has a volume of 0.06890922 cubic inches. If the $850B of Wall Street bailout money had been stacked on the deck of the USS Bush, the resulting pile would be 170.25 feet high. ... strayaway 01-12-2009, 02:37 AM According to its builder, the USS Bush is composed of 47,000 tons of steel and 1M pounds of aluminum. One million dollars weighs 2202.6 pounds so $850B of bailout money stacked 170 feet high on the 4.5 acre deck of the USS Bush would weigh 20 times more than the USS Bush. kitcomm.com