Bailout Blues

From Blue-dot-Blues:

Total to date, including the Citi bailout, is $4.6165 trillion.

Numbers from Bianco Research:

• Marshall Plan: Cost: $12.7 billion, Inflation Adjusted Cost: $115.3 billion
  
• Louisiana Purchase: Cost: $15 million, Inflation Adjusted Cost: $217 billion
  
• Race to the Moon: Cost: $36.4 billion, Inflation Adjusted Cost: $237 billion
  
• S&L Crisis: Cost: $153 billion, Inflation Adjusted Cost: $256 billion
  
• Korean War: Cost: $54 billion, Inflation Adjusted Cost: $454 billion
  
• The New Deal: Cost: $32 billion (Est), Inflation Adjusted Cost: $500 billion (Est)
  
• Invasion of Iraq: Cost: $551b, Inflation Adjusted Cost: $597 billion
  
• Vietnam War: Cost: $111 billion, Inflation Adjusted Cost: $698 billion
  
• NASA: Cost: $416.7 billion, Inflation Adjusted Cost: $851.2 billion
  

TOTAL: $3.92 trillion

Commentary on these numbers from Red County.com.