Barack Obama becomes president

Boingboing reports today on the staggering cost of the bailout(s) thus far.  However, it’s easy to get lost in such huge numbers.  What’s a million? billion? trillion?

Fortunately the google comes to the rescue and we can quickly figure that the cost is around $13,000 per person  (4 trillion divided by 300 million).

What would happen if we just gave that amount of scratch away?  What would everyone do with $13,000?