I was trying to get my brain around how much $ 5 Billion actually is in real terms. It sorta boggles the mind.
$ 5,000,000,000 is:
· Is enough to buy 25 brand new 747 aircraft
· 25,000 homes – enough to house Youngstown Ohio
· 166,666 brand new automobiles
· Equals the income of 100,000 households
· Would build over 7 bridges the size of Charleston’s new Ravenel bridge, the longest cable suspension bridge in the world.
I mention the last because I know from firsthand experience that it was a 20 year struggle to raise enough funds from Federal, State and County sources and even then everyone in my county has to pay 8.3% higher sales tax than the rest of the state in order to pay back $ 3,000,000 a year for the next quarter century … and that’s to pay for one bridge. Multiply that times seven.
That’s one hell of a lot of money!!!
