THAT'S A LOT OF CASH

JUST HOW MUCH MONEY IS $787 BILLION???

On Tuesday, BARACK OBAMA signed off on a $787 BILLION economic stimulus package. Here's some perspective on just how much money that is.

With $787 BILLION you could . . .

--Pay every elementary school teacher's salary in the entire country for 11 YEARS.

--Pay off every American's student loan debt . . . and still have $237 BILLION to spare.

--Buy more than 45 MILLION Pontiac G5 cars to help GM stay in business.

--Buy the Boston Celtics 1,760 times.

--Buy 19.6 BILLION digital TV converter boxes.

--Buy 222 BILLION Big Macs.

--Or look at it this way . . . If someone paid you $1 MILLION every day for the rest of your life, you wouldn't have $787 BILLION until April of 4165. (Boston Globe / Christian Science Monitor)