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What else could $14 trillion buy?

10 years of vaccines for kids in 117 countries

$110 billion 10 years of $10,000 bonuses for all US public school teachers

$318 billion Sending all 2009 US high school grads to private college

$347 billion Doubling US spending on HIV/AIDS and cancer research for 20 years

$493 billion 10 years of CO2 offsets for all Americans

$559 billion Meeting UN anti-poverty goals by 2015

$757 billion 20 years of universal preschool in US

$860 billion Buying a house for every homeless American

$878 billion 10 years of helping developing countries deal with the effects of climate change

$2 trillion Buying the world an iPhone 3GS

$2 trillion 10 years of private health insurance for uninsured Americans

$2.2 trillion Paying off 1/3 of US home mortgages $3.5 trillion Total: $14 trillion

This chart is part of Mother Jones’ coverage of the financial crisis, one year later.