The U.S. Government, (Rand Paul notwithstanding) is about to send $40 Billion of the money you made and had to pay to them in taxes to fund the war in Ukraine against Russia. Will the money have any oversight to it? Probably not (Rand Paul notwithstanding).
So instead of dwelling on all the things $40 Billion can't buy, let's talk about all the things $40 Billion CAN buy!
1. Doordash and Instacart If you wanted to buy both of these companies, it would run you about $23 Billion total.
2. NASA If you wanted to run NASA for a year, it'd cost you around $21 Billion.
3. Greenland Sorry President Trump. Buying Greenland would cost about $1.7 Trillion, if Denmark would sell it. However, since the GDP of Greenland is only $3 Billion per year, you could double it for them for over a decade!
4. All Russian Government Debt Not sure why you would want to pay off their national debt, but you could, for $21 Billion.
5. 2 Million U.S. Adoptions Yep, that would cost about $40 Billion. And guess what? Only about 117,000 are waiting to be adopted. So with Roe on the ropes, you could'a done something great here.
6. Twitter Ooooh, almost. $44 Billion. But if you combine the 40 with the money we've already sent to Ukraine with no oversight, you definitely could get Twitter!
7. The Wall Not only could you fund the entire U.S. southern border wall for less than we're about to send Ukraine, but you could fund it TWICE. Hey, didn't we shut the government down in 2019 over this?
8. Baby Formula Jane Schmo could get a lot of the powder on that kinda jack.
9. Crack pipes. The U.S. Government could literally give people crack pipes for less than we're sending Ukrai....we already are? We're giving our own citizens taxpayer funded crackpipes?
10. 99 U.S. Senators. They cost $40 Billion! (Rand Paul notwithstanding).
Ryan Wiggins is the author of the extremely serious and not funny robot novel, The Life of Human, and is a writer and producer of television shows. He is the host of Wiggins America on 97.1 FM Talk in St. Louis.
