What Would You Do with a Billion Dollars?
One of the most egregious features of ObamaCare are its so-called risk corridors, a fancy name for a large scale bailout of big insurance companies expected to cost taxpayers at least $1 billion.
When dealing with government spending figures, it’s sometimes easy to lose perspective. For example, here is what a billion dollars actually looks like:
That’s a lot of dough! But even that is not enough to show what a billion dollars actually gets you.
For example, with a billion dollars you could:
Buy a major league sports team, like the Chicago Cubs.
Build an awesome skyscraper.
Buy your very own private island.
Buy a fleet of 2,000 Rolls Royce Phantoms.
Treat every man, woman and child in America to a tasty cheeseburger.
Buy the publishing rights to the entire Beatles catalogue.
Build a private spaceship, or two. You know you’ve always wanted to.
Buy an entire country.
Buy the largest rough gem diamond ever found. Ain’t she a beauty?
Or, if you’re like Obama, Harry Reid, and Nancy Pelosi, you could always bail out private insurance companies as part of your government health care takeover.