Harry Potter movie franchise total revenue
Item |
Value
|
Harry Potter movie franchise total revenue |
$21,000,000,000
|
Treasure found in a temple in India in 2011 |
$22,000,000,000
|
Box office revenue
Adjusted for monetary inflation but not ticket price inflation
Hilighted [sic]: films that earned more than 2009's Avatar
Year |
Movie |
Revenue |
Highlighted
|
2009 |
Avatar |
$783,510,000 |
|
2008 |
The Dark Knight |
$547,520,000 |
|
2003 |
Shrek 3 |
$516,610,000 |
|
1999 |
The Phantom Menace |
$572,000,000 |
|
1997 |
Titanic |
$827,260,000 |
Yes
|
1994 |
Lion King |
$625,810,000 |
|
1993 |
Jurassic Park |
$625,810,000 |
|
1984 |
Ghostbusters |
$507,720,000 |
|
1983 |
Return of the Jedi |
$686,710,000 |
|
1982 |
E.T. |
$996,580,000 |
Yes
|
1980 |
The Empire Strikes Back |
$778,530,000 |
|
1977 |
Star Wars |
$1,681,000,000 |
Yes
|
1975 |
Jaws |
$1,067,510,000 |
Yes
|
1973 |
The Exorcist |
$1,019,000,000 |
Yes
|
1965 |
The Sound of Music |
$1,144,920,000 |
Yes
|
1962 |
101 Dalmatians |
$1,131,310,000 |
Yes
|
1960 |
Ben-Hur |
$561,090,000 |
|
1957 |
The Ten Commandments |
$532,570,000 |
|
1943 |
Bambi |
$1,391,000,000 |
Yes
|
1942 |
Fantasia |
$1,146,000,000 |
Yes
|
1940 |
Gone with the Wind |
$3,157,000,000 |
Yes
|
1938 |
Snow White |
$2,841,700,000 |
Yes
|
Charity
Area |
Amount given
|
US annual charitable giving |
$294,850,000,000
|
To religious organizations |
$102,000,000,000
|
To educational organizations |
$42,240,000,000
|
To foundations |
$33,450,000,000
|
To human services |
$26,850,000,000
|
To societal benefit organizations |
$24,570,000,000
|
To health organizations |
$23,140,000,000
|
To international affairs |
$15,980,000,000
|
To arts and culture |
$13,460,000,000
|
To animals and environment |
$6,750,000,000
|
Type of giving:
Type |
Amount given
|
Individual giving |
$214,650,000,000
|
Foundation grantmaking |
$41,560,000,000
|
Bequests |
$23,140,000,000
|
Corporate giving |
$15,500,000,000
|
Gates Foundation total giving since 1994
Area |
Amount given
|
Gates Foundation total giving since 1994 |
$25,360,000,000
|
Global health |
~$12,000,000,000
|
US |
~$4,000,000,000
|
Developments |
~$3,000,000,000
|
Grants |
~$1,000,000,000
|
Book publishing industry revenue
Genre |
Revenue
|
Book publishing industry revenue |
$28,320,000,000
|
Romance |
$1,380,000,000
|
Trade books |
$14,130,000,000
|
K-12 |
$5,570,000,000
|
Professional |
$3,750,000,000
|
Higher education |
$4,560,000,000
|
Video game industry revenue
Area |
Revenue
|
Video game industry revenue |
$48,900,000,000
|
United States |
$18,830,000,000
|
Education
Item |
Value
|
Student loans outstanding |
$955,800,000,000
|
Federal student loans |
$792,900,000,000
|
Defaulted Federal student loans (Private total unknown) |
$65,020,000,000
|
Private student loans |
$163,900,000,000
|
Total spending on primary and secondary education in the US |
$612,470,000,000
|
Teacher Salaries |
$295,810,000,000
|
Total annual higher education spending in the US |
$355,110,000,000
|
Harvard University revenue
Area |
Revenue
|
Tuition, donations, and fees |
$1,425,000,000
|
Investments |
$7,900,000,000
|
In other words, if Harvard completely eliminated tuition, it would mean roughly a 15% budget cut.
Education foundations
Foundation |
Amount given
|
Gates Foundation |
$36,700,000,000
|
INGKA Foundation |
$36,000,000,000
|
Howard Hughes Medical Institute |
$14,800,000,000
|
Ford Foundation |
$13,800,000,000
|
John D. and Catherine T. MacArthur Foundation |
$6,100,000,000
|
Endowments of the 63 wealthiest universities
University |
Endowments
|
Endowments of the 63 wealthiest universities |
$277,570,000,000
|
Harvard |
$32,000,000,000
|
Yale |
$19,400,000,000
|
Princeton |
$17,100,000,000
|
U of Texas |
$16,610,000,000
|
Stanford |
$16,500,000,000
|
MIT |
$9,900,000,000
|
Columbia |
$7,800,000,000
|
U of Michigan |
$7,800,000,000
|
Texas A&M |
$7,030,000,000
|
Northwestern |
$7,030,000,000
|
Corporate revenue
Corporation |
Revenue |
Profit |
Loss
|
Walmart |
$421,800,000,000 |
$16,390,000,000 |
|
ExxonMobil |
$354,700,000,000 |
$30,460,000,000 |
|
Chevron |
$196,300,000,000 |
$19,020,000,000 |
|
Fannie Mae |
$153,800,000,000 |
|
$14,010,000,000
|
GE |
$151,600,000,000 |
$11,640,000,000 |
|
Berkshire Hathaway |
$136,100,000,000 |
$12,970,000,000 |
|
PepsiCo |
$57,840,000,000 |
$6,320,000,000 |
|
Coca-Cola |
$35,840,000,000 |
$11,800,000,000 |
|
VISA |
$8,100,000,000 |
$2,700,000,000 |
|
MasterCard |
$5,500,000,000 |
$1,850,000,000 |
|
General Motors |
$135,600,000,000 |
$6,170,000,000 |
|
Ford |
$129,000,000,000 |
$6,560,000,000 |
|
Chrysler |
$44,950,000,000 |
|
$653,000,000
|
AT&T |
$124,600,000,000 |
$19,860,000,000 |
|
Verizon |
$106,560,000,000 |
$2,550,000,000 |
|
Bank of America |
$134,20,000,000 |
|
$2,240,000,000
|
JP Morgan Chase |
$115,480,000,000 |
$17,370,000,000 |
|
Citigroup |
$111,060,000,000 |
$10,600,000,000 |
|
AGI |
$104,420,000,000 |
$17,370,000,000 |
|
HP |
$126,000,000,000 |
$8,780,000,000 |
|
Apple |
$65,230,000,000 |
$14,010,000,000 |
|
Microsoft |
$62,480,000,000 |
$18,760,000,000 |
|
Google |
$29,320,000,000 |
$8,510,000,000 |
|
Combined annual profit of the Fortune 500 companies |
|
$708,600,000,000 |
|
US health care spending
Category
|
Item
|
Price
|
US cancer spending
|
US spending on lung cancer treatment
|
$11,310,000,000
|
US spending on tobacco marketing
|
$13,600,000,000
|
US spending on all cancer treatment
|
$106,870,000,000
|
US spending on cigarettes
|
$91,660,000,000
|
US health care spending (2005 data)
|
Private insurance
|
$785,900,000,000
|
Out-of-pocket
|
$282,260,000,000
|
Other private spending
|
$79,000,000,000
|
Total private spending
|
$1,147,050,000,000
|
Medicare
|
$387,070,000,000
|
Medicaid
|
$351,980,000,000
|
Other government spending
|
$219,000,000,000
|
Total Government spending
|
$958,950,000,000
|
Total
|
$2,106,000,000,000
|
Total annual tax breaks to the five largest oil companies
Item |
Value
|
Combined pay at Wall St. banks and securities firms |
$135,000,000,000
|
Mobile computing annual sales |
$220,000,000,000
|
Online spending in 2009 |
$251,070,000,000
|
NCAA budget |
$5,640,000,000
|
Total annual tax breaks to the five largest oil companies |
$2,100,000,000
|
US annual oil and gas subsidies |
$41,000,000,000
|
Ethanol subsidies |
$5,000,000,000
|
Combined annual profits of the ten largest health insurance companies |
$12,870,000,000
|
2010 lobbying |
$3,560,000,000
|
2005 lobbying |
$2,750,000,000
|
2000 lobbying |
$2,000,000,000
|
One B-2 bomber |
$2,500,000,000
|
US R&D
Item |
Value
|
US annual corporate R&D |
$334,490,000,000
|
Information technology |
$46,560,000,000
|
Scientific technical, or professional services |
$31,060,000,000
|
Manufacturing industries (Unlabelled on the money chart) |
$236,151,000,000
|
Other |
$20,710,000,000
|
US GDP
Combined economic value of all goods and services produced in a year
Item |
Value
|
US GDP |
$14,545,950,000,000
|
Government |
$1,980,640,000,000
|
Real estate |
$1,925,210,000,000
|
Non-rental Real estate |
$1,737,500,000,000
|
Rental and leasing |
$187,610,000,000
|
Nondurable goods |
$739,300,000,000
|
Food, beverage, and tobacco |
$212,330,000,000
|
Chemicals |
$223,050,000,000
|
Petroleum and coal |
$123,630,000,000
|
Apparel |
$12,050,000,000
|
Paper products |
$57,800,000,000
|
Plastics and rubber products |
$58,410,000,000
|
Textile mills |
$18,130,000,000
|
Printing and related supports |
$33,790,000,000
|
Durable goods |
$898,420,000,000
|
Computers and electronics |
$212,640,000,000
|
Metal products |
$125,590,000,000
|
Machinery |
$116,110,000,000
|
Wood products |
$21,530,000,000
|
Furniture |
$24,930,000,000
|
Motor vehicles, trailers, and parts |
$80,560,000,000
|
Other transportation equipment |
$93,440,000,000
|
Mineral products |
$39,360,000,000
|
Metals |
$44,710,000,000
|
Electrical equipment and components |
$53,260,000,000
|
Miscellaneous |
$81,390,000,000
|
Finance and insurance |
$1,207,030,000,000
|
Federal Reserve banks and credit intermediaries |
$529,540,000,000
|
Insurance |
$437,340,000,000
|
Investments |
$180,500,000,000
|
Funds and trusts |
$59,550,000,000
|
Professional and business services |
$1,752,750,000,000
|
Waste management |
$39,870,000,000
|
Administrative and support services |
$358,110,000,000
|
Legal services |
$225,830,000,000
|
Computer systems design and service |
$174,730,000,000
|
Corporate management |
$253,950,000,000
|
Other professional or technical services |
$700,250,000,000
|
Health and education |
$1,294,580,000,000
|
Social assistance |
$93,750,000,000
|
Ambulatory health care services |
$529,750,000,000
|
Hospitals |
$466,390,000,000
|
Educational services |
$159,580,000,000
|
Utilities |
$276,210,000,000
|
Other services |
$345,540,000,000
|
Construction |
$553,750,000,000
|
Retail trade |
$844,380,000,000
|
Wholesale trade |
$804,410,000,000
|
Mining |
$248,080,000,000
|
Mining (other than oil and gas) |
$50,380,000,000
|
Mining support |
$51,270,000,000
|
Oil and gas |
$145,990,000,000
|
Agriculture |
$137,120,000,000
|
Farms |
$107,140,000,000
|
Forestry, fishing, and related |
$30,080,000,000
|
Arts and entertainment |
$528,620,000,000
|
Food service |
$285,480,000,000
|
Performing arts, sports, and museums |
$73,040,000,000
|
Amusements, gambling, and general recreation |
$73,040,000,000 |
This appears to be a mistake by Randall and should read $58,110,000,000
|
Accommodation |
$111,990,000,000
|
Information |
$658,630,000,000
|
Broadcasting and telecommunications |
$366,560,000,000
|
Information and data processing |
$78,300,000,000
|
Film, video, and sound recording |
$61,610,000,000
|
Publishing (including software) |
$152,170,000,000
|
Transportation and storage |
$401,280,000,000
|
Warehousing and storage |
$40,590,000,000
|
Water |
$14,730,000,000
|
Air |
$36,770,000,000 |
This appears to be a mistake by Randall and should read $63,680,000,000
|
Rail |
$31,730,000,000
|
Truck |
$116,520,000,000
|
Transit and land passenger |
$24,110,000,000
|
Pipeline |
$12,360,000,000
|
Other transport) |
$97,560,000,000
|
Billionaires
Category
|
Person
|
Networth
|
Ten Richest Ranking
|
Technology
|
Carlos Slim Helú and family
|
$74,000,000,000
|
First
|
Bill Gates
|
$56,000,000,000
|
Second
|
Larry Ellison
|
$39,500,000,000
|
Fifth
|
Larry Page
|
$19,800,000,000
|
|
Sergey Brin
|
$19,800,000,000
|
|
Jeff Bezos
|
$18,000,000,000
|
|
Steve Ballmer
|
$14,500,000,000
|
|
Mark Zuckerberg
|
$13,500,000,000
|
|
Paul Allen
|
$13,500,000,000
|
|
Steve Jobs (D)
|
$8,300,000,000
|
|
Eric Schmidt
|
$7,000,000,000
|
|
Sean Parker
|
$1,600,000,000
|
|
Steve Case
|
$1,300,000,000
|
|
Politicians and alleged evil plutocratic puppet masters
|
Warren Buffett
|
$50,000,000,000
|
Third
|
Charles Koch
|
$22,000,000,000
|
|
David Koch
|
$22,000,000,000
|
|
Michael Bloomberg
|
$18,100,000,000
|
|
George Soros
|
$14,000,000,000
|
|
Silvio Berlusconi and family
|
$7,800,000,000
|
|
Rupert Murdoch
|
$7,600,000,000
|
|
David Geffen
|
$6,000,000,000
|
|
Uncategorized
|
Bernard Arnault
|
$41,000,000,000
|
Fourth
|
Lakshmi Mittal
|
$31,100,000,000
|
Sixth
|
Amancio Ortega
|
$31,000,000,000
|
Seventh
|
Eike Batista
|
$30,000,000,000
|
Eighth
|
Mukesh Ambani
|
$27,000,000,000
|
Ninth
|
Walmart
|
Christy Walton and family
|
$26,500,000,000
|
Tenth
|
Jim Walton
|
$21,300,000,000
|
|
Alice Walton
|
$21,200,000,000
|
|
S. Robson Walton
|
$21,000,000,000
|
|
Fictional (source: Forbes)
|
Carlisle Cullen
|
$34,500,000,000
|
|
Scrooge McDuck
|
$33,500,000,000
|
|
Bruce Wayne
|
$6,500,000,000
|
|
Artemis Fowl
|
$1,900,000,000
|
|
Fashion
|
Lilianne Bettencourt
|
$23,500,000,000
|
|
Ralph Lauren
|
$5,800,000,000
|
|
Ronald Lauder
|
$3,100,000,000
|
|
Art and media
|
George Lucas
|
$3,200,000,000
|
|
Oprah Winfrey
|
$3,200,000,000
|
|
Five wealthiest rappers combined
|
$1,250,000,000
|
|
J. K. Rowling
|
$1,000,000,000
|
|
Donald Trump
|
Donald Trump
|
$2,700,000,000
|
|
Combined net worth of the world's 1,210 billionaires $4,500,000,000,000
Corporations
by market capitalization (combined value of all stock)
Company |
Value
|
Saudi Aramco (State-owned company--estimated market value) |
$2,940,000,000,000
|
Apple |
$358,310,000,000
|
ExxonMobil |
$357,910,000,000
|
PetroChina |
$280,160,000,000
|
IBM |
$211,640,000,000
|
Microsoft |
$211,340,000,000
|
Bank of China |
$208,810,000,000
|
China Mobile |
$201,510,000,000
|
Royal Dutch Shell |
$199,780,000,000
|
Nestle |
$193,700,000,000
|
Chevron |
$188,030,000,000
|
Facebook 2011 valuation |
$70,000,000,000
|
AT&T attempted T-Mobile purchase |
$39,000,000,000
|
Facebook 2010 valuation |
$33,450,000,000
|
Zynga 2011 valuation |
$14,000,000,000
|
LivingSocial 2011 valuation |
$2,980,000,000
|
Cost to buy the world a coke
Item |
Cost
|
Cost to buy the world a coke (2011 wholesale prices) |
$2,240,000,000
|
Coca-Cola's annual marketing budget |
$2,980,000,000
|
Cost to teach the world to sing (four half-hour lessons at $30 each) |
$840,000,000,000
|
US household income
State government spending
[map without amounts]
Total US states' debt |
$46,000,000,000
|
US foreign military aid
Area |
Amount
|
Total |
$11,010,000,000
|
Afghanistan |
$5,800,000,000
|
Israel |
$2,410,000,000
|
Egypt |
$1,320,000,000
|
Other |
$5,800,000,000
|
US foreign humanitarian and economic aid
Area |
Amount
|
Total |
$11,010,000,000
|
Iraq and Afghanistan |
$5,370,000,000
|
West Bank and Ghana |
$1,050,000,000
|
Africa (total) |
$8,850,000,000
|
Other |
$19,130,000,000
|
Ft. Knox gold reserves
Item |
Value
|
Ft. Knox gold reserves (November 2011 prices) |
$245,900,000,000
|
Unclaimed US treasury bonds |
$16,000,000,000
|
All the tea in China |
$4,210,000,000
|
Corporate tax deduction
(Note: some of the corporate deductions are very technical, and even with the help of a technical accountant, I had trouble making sense of them. The text below is my best attempt at an English interpretation of the legalese.)
Area |
Deductions
|
Corporate tax deduction |
$125,180,000,000
|
Reduced tax on first $10 million of corporate income |
$3,240,000,000
|
Delay of taxes on 'income' made from defaulting on a debt (Temporary stimulus measure) |
$21,390,000,000
|
Temporary change to equipment depreciation rules allowing more (and sooner) deductions on the purchase of new equipment |
$24,390,000,000
|
Clean energy, space, science, and tech R&D |
$13,900,000,000
|
Miscellaneous rules for international corporate finance |
$6,800,000,000
|
Foreign corporation income financing rules |
$13,680,000,000
|
Individual tax deductions
These are types of income, or uses of income, which the government has partly or fully exempt from tax, often to encourage some activity. This can be thought of as "spent" tax revenue, although it's not quite that simple; there's no guarantee that removing the deduction would add that amount of revenue, because the presence of the deduction may be affecting taxpayers' spending habits.
Area |
Deductions
|
Small business health insurance |
$1,620,000,000
|
Federal employee expenses abroad |
$7,910,000,000
|
EITC (anti-poverty low-income tax credit) |
$78,760,000,000
|
Donations to charity |
$39,130,000,000
|
Capital gains (investment income) |
$78,760,000,000
|
Pension contributions |
$84,940,000,000
|
Other |
$64,970,000,000
|
Employee fringe benefits |
$6,690,000,000
|
Scholarships |
$2,130,000,000
|
Property taxes |
$15,710,000,000
|
Employer-provided transportation |
$3,850,000,000
|
Retirement accounts |
$24,630,000,000
|
Cafeteria plans |
$26,760,000,000
|
State and local bonds |
$19,560,000,000
|
Company daycare |
$3,140,000,000
|
College and university tax credits |
$12,060,000,000
|
Mortgage interest |
$92,040,000,000
|
Medicare Benefits |
$55,850,000,000
|
Child care |
$55,850,000,000
|
Employer health plans |
$107,140,000,000
|
Making Work Pay (ending) |
$60,510,000,000
|
First-time homebuyer credit |
$8,820,000,000
|
Veterans' benefits |
$5,570,000,000
|
Life insurance benefits |
$25,750,000,000
|
Capital gains death exclusion |
$25,750,000,000
|
Social security and railroad retirement |
$27,170,000,000
|
Home sale capital gains |
$15,200,000,000
|
Federal spending
Item |
Value
|
Annual Deficit |
$1,394,530,000,000
|
Additional receipts |
$83,230,000,000
|
Taxes raised |
$2,192,180,000,000
|
Disasters
Disaster |
Estimated Total Damage |
Notes
|
Japan 2011 Earthquake |
$235,000,000,000 |
reconstruction and recovery cost, World Bank estimate
|
Hurricane Katrina |
$107,440,000,000 |
|
1988 US Drought |
$78,060,000,000 |
|
1980 US Drought |
$60,740,000,000 |
|
Hurricane Andrew |
$46,180,000,000 |
|
9/11 insured losses |
$40,000,000,000 |
For hurricanes, the rule of thumb is that total losses are roughly double insured losses. It is unclear if a similar rule exist for terrorism.
|
Hurricane Ike |
$28,170,000,000 |
|
Hurricane Irene |
$8,000,000,000 |
(estimated)
|
Hypothetical disasters
Estimated total losses if the disaster happened today
(based on insurance industry modeling)
Disaster |
Estimated Total Losses |
Notes
|
1938 Long Island Express |
$236,960,000,000 |
if it had curved left and made landfall in New Jersey instead of Long Island
|
1812 New Madrid, Missouri earthquake |
$206,050,000,000 |
|
1926 Miami hurricane |
$202,000,000,000 |
|
1909 San Francisco earthquake |
$197,810,000,000 |
|
1907 Galveston hurricane |
$82,420,000,000 |
|
Long Island Express |
$78,060,000,000 |
(1938 New England Hurricane)
|
Charleston SC, quake of 1886 |
$76,240,000,000 |
|
1989 Loma Prieta earthquake |
$12,360,000,000 |
|
Cost of electricity
(Price of electricity to power all US homes for a year, by plant type)
Plant Type |
Cost |
Notes
|
Advance combined cycle natural gas |
78,100,000,000 |
|
Conventional Coal (without societal costs) |
117,340,000,000
|
External societal costs from use of that amount of coal power |
$226,690,000,000 |
Harvard Medical School analysis. Range of possible values was $119b to $342b. Most of the uncertainty was due to potentially lower costs from air pollution or higher ones from climate change.
|
Public Health Burden in Appalacia [sic] |
$55,400,000,000 |
|
Air pollution from power plants |
$118,300,000,000 |
|
Climate Impact |
$40,030,000,000 |
|
Advanced coal with carbon capture |
$168,590,000,000 |
|
Biomass |
$139,250,000,000 |
Estimates of climate impact vary wildly Consensus seems to be more than nothing but less than coal.
|
Geothermal |
$125,880,000,000 |
|
Hydroelectric |
$106,940,000,000 |
|
Wind |
$120,070,000,000 |
|
Offshore wind |
$301,030,000,000 |
|
Solar (photovoltaic) |
$260,800,000,000 |
|
Solar (thermal) |
$385,940,000,000 |
|
Advanced nuclear |
$140,980,000,000 |
Little impact on climate/air, but hard to find assessments of meltdown and fuel storage costs/risks. Some past costs shown for perspective.
|
Nuclear accidents
Accident |
Cost |
Notes
|
Fukushima meltdown estimated total cost to Japan |
$131,100,000,000 |
Compare to $128,590,000,000 for deaths from quake/tsunami
|
Fukushima cost from 300 extra cancer deaths (EPA conversion) |
$2,579,000,000 |
|
Belarus estimated 30-year costs from Chernobyl |
$282,350,000,000 |
|
Cost of estimated 42,457 Chernobyl deaths (EPA method) |
$344,750,000,000 |
|
BP oil spill claims fund
Item |
Value
|
BP oil spill claims fund |
$20,270,000,000
|
Total 2004 Indian Ocean tsunami aid from all countries |
$15,840,000,000
|
Worldwide aid to Somalia since 1991 |
$55,000,000,000
|
G8/IMF loan pledge to Arab Spring |
$73,000,000,000
|
Japan's contribution to TEPCO victim fund |
$62,000,000,000
|
Cost to fund wikipedia at current levels for 100 years |
$1,850,000,000
|
Cost to provide free yearly tax prep to every US household |
$8,450,000,000
|
Cost to give every US 18 year-old a free degree at a community college |
$46,340,000,000
|
Additional cost to fund all US schools at magnet school levels |
$46,340,000,000
|
Annual cost to send every US child to a university for free |
$127,610,000,000
|
Cost to buy the Amazon rainforest |
$130,000,000,000
|
UBS loss from one rogue trader |
$2,300,000,000
|
DoE loan to CA Valley Solar Ranch Project |
$1,200,000,000
|
Apple's cash on hand |
$76,200,000,000
|
New York CIty
Area |
Combined Property Value
|
New York City |
$806,490,000,000
|
Manhattan |
$281,040,000,000
|
Queens |
$208,180,000,000
|
Brooklyn |
$201,230,000,000
|
Staten Island |
$61,230,000,000
|
Bronx |
$54,660,000,000
|
Megaprojects
Project |
Cost |
Notes
|
National missile defense shield cost through 2013 |
$107,690,000,000 |
|
F-22 Raptor program |
$67,610,000,000 |
halted
|
Planned Russian Bering Strait tunnel |
$66,000,000,000 |
|
Obama's 2011 high-speed rail proposal |
$53,000,000,000 |
|
Cost to build SF-to-LA high-speed rail |
$45,000,000,000 |
|
UK Crossrail |
$26,490,000,000 |
|
King Abdullah Economic City |
$50,020,000,000 |
High-speed rail $9,120,000,000
|
Hong Kong International airport |
$27,120,000,000 |
|
Manhattan Project |
$24,400,000,000 |
|
2nd Avenue NYC subway line |
$17,960,000,000 |
|
Big Dig cost |
$18,510,000,000 |
as of 2008
|
Failed Army intelligence-sharing computer system |
$2,700,000,000 |
|
Bay Bridge span replacement |
$6,300,000,000 |
|
Downtown Dubai project |
$20,270,000,000 |
Burj Khalifa $1,520,000,000
|
Channel Tunnel |
$22,960,000,000 |
|
Nimitz-class carrier |
$4,930,000,000 |
|
Gerald R. Ford-class carrier |
$9,000,000,000 |
|
Amtrak 30-year plan for northeast corridor |
$192,000,000,000 |
Randall made a mistake here the value represented by the blocks is $117,000,000,000
|
City Qatar is building to host the 2022 World Cup |
$207,000,000,000 |
|
Apollo moon landing project |
$192,000,000,000 |
|
International Space Station |
$138,000,000,000 |
|
Space Shuttle program |
$194,620,000,000 |
|
US interstate highway system |
$465,970,000,000 |
The largest single public-works project in the history of mankind
|
Federal budget
Budget options
Estimates by the Congressional Budget Office of the effect of various hypothetical policy decisions on annual tax revenue, averaged over the next ten years.
Category
|
Item
|
Price
|
Cost of existing tax cuts (Loss in annual revenue if tax cuts are made permanent)
|
2001 (Bush) tax cuts
|
$158,240,000,000
|
2003 (Bush) capital gains tax cuts
|
$27,190,000,000
|
2010 (Obama) payroll tax cut
|
$111,700,000,000
|
Potential new taxes (Increase in annual tax revenue if implimented)
|
Raise corporate taxes by one percentage point
|
$10,060,000,000
|
Legalize marijuana and tax it at levels similar to tobacco
|
$7,020,000,000
|
Institute tax on CO2 emissions
|
$10,060,000,000 (This appears to be a mistake by Randall and should read $113,000,000,000)
|
Stimulus spending
Item |
Value
|
2008 Total |
$205,930,000,000
|
Individual tax breaks |
$120,110,000,000
|
Student loan guarantees |
$33,470,000,000
|
Business tax breaks |
$52,360,000,000
|
2009 Total |
$747,950,000,000
|
Tax breaks |
$307,530,000,000
|
Education |
$90,460,000,000
|
Medicare/Medicaid |
$80,500,000,000
|
Transportation |
$32,560,000,000
|
Unemployment |
$62,740,000,000
|
Infrastructure |
$24,000,000,000
|
Other spending |
$150,160,000,000
|
Bailouts
Item |
Value |
Notes
|
1980s-1990 S&L bailout |
$78,300,000,000 |
total cost to taxpayers
|
Cost to FDIC of bank failures |
$19,000,000,000 |
resulting from the 2008 financial crisis
|
TARP bailout funds distributed |
$392,980,000,000 |
Out of $700,000,000,000 available
|
Estimated TARP taxpayer losses |
$41,660,000,000 |
|
Value of outstanding TARP assets |
$144,440,000 |
Randall made a mistake here the chart should read $144,440,000,000
|
Bailout funds returned |
$206,880,000,000 |
|
Current Eurozone bailout fund |
$1,361,700,000,000 |
|
Federal Payments
Item |
Cost
|
Annual improper federal payments comprising fraud, abuse, and poorly-documented payments |
$125,400,000,000
|
Federal payments to dead retirees |
$120,200,000
|
NEA-estimated cost to bring all US schools into good repair |
$413,300,000,000,000
|
Annual economic cost of unmaintained infrastructure |
$129,000,000,000
|
Estimated direct annual agricultural value of bees |
$220,000,000,000
|
Military/Security Spending
Item |
Cost
|
Wasted money in Afghanistan/Iraq war contracts |
$60,000,000,000
|
Reconstruction money reportedly missing |
$18,000,000,000
|
Total US spending since 2001 to secure borders |
$90,000,000,000
|
US nuclear arms spending during the Cold War |
$2,818,300,000,000
|
Ballistic missile submarines |
$451,360,000,000
|
Ballistic missiles to put on those submarines |
$136,690,000,000
|
The $87 billion which John Kerry voted for/against |
$101,800,000,000
|
"Star Wars" missile defence system (1987 Heritage Foundation estimate) |
$185,300,000,000
|
US Spending on Wars
Including only direct spending on war operations, and not resulting veterans' benefits or interest on debt incurred.
War |
Cost
|
World War I |
$334,000,000,000
|
Spanish-American War |
$9,030,000,000
|
Civil War |
$79,740,000,000
|
American revolution |
$2,410,000,000
|
1812 |
$1,550,000,000
|
Mexican War |
$2,380,000,000
|
World War II |
$4,104,000,000,000
|
Korean War |
$341,000,000,000
|
Vietnam War |
$738,000,000,000
|
Persian Gulf War |
$102,000,000,000
|
Iraq War |
$784,000,000,000
|
War in Afghanistan |
$321,000,000,000
|