THATS A LOT OF LOOT

$700 BILLION COULD BUY 400 SPACE SHUTTLES (AND SEVEN OTHER THINGS YOU COULD DO WITH THE WALL STREET BAILOUT):

You might know that recently, the federal government unveiled a new plan to bail out the financial industry . . . by purchasing $700 BILLION worth of unwanted mortgages and mortgage-backed securities.

--Anyway, we came up with a list of things you could do with $700 BILLION . . . to give you some perspective on just how much money that really is.

So, for $700 BILLION you could . . .

#1.) Buy 3.5 BILLION iPhones.

#2.) Purchase 233,333 Super Bowl ads.

#3.) Get 56,000 diamond and ruby-encrusted bras at Victoria's Secret.

#4.) Make fun of BILL GATES . . . for being 12 TIMES poorer than you.

#5.) Buy 400 space shuttles.

#6.) Own the entire country of Denmark . . . TWICE. (--Based on a GDP of $311 BILLION.)

#7.) Or, you could just cut every American a check for $2,303.96.

(Network World)