2009-07-02T15:26:52-05:00 2009-07-02T15:26:52-05:00 How much are we really spending on the government bailout? Well, according to Casey Research, the <b>costs of the government bailouts will total $8.5 trillion</b>, which is more than the cost of all US wars, the Louisiana Purchase, the New Deal, the Marshall Plan, and the NASA Space Program combined.<br/><br/> To put this into perspective, all major US wars cost a total of $7.5 trillion in inflation-adjusted 2008 dollars. This includes such events as the American Revolution, the War of 1812, the Civil War, the Spanish American War, World War I, World War II, Korea, Vietnam, Iraq, and Afghanistan, the invasion of Panama, the Kosovo War, and numerous other small conflicts. 2766 The Real Cost of the Financial Bailout {"format":{"series.default_0.format":{"precedence":3,"format":{"np":true,"c":true,"ns":false,"p":0,"t":"c","nc":"Red"}},"axis.y.format":{"c":true,"ns":true,"p":-1,"t":"n"},"series-manager.0.step-size":1,"axis.x.format":{"ns":true,"p":-1,"t":"t"},"series-manager.0.dimension-order":{"reverse":false,"type":"custom","custom":[10,9,8,7,6,5,4,3,2,1,0]}}} 0AaSYNSmNsu+qGGIoLoiUA== The Real Cost of the Bailout http://www.swivel.com/data_sets/show/1017487 The Real Cost of the Financial Bailout 31569968 2010-01-08T18:23:41-05:00 How much are we really spending on the government bailout? Well, according to Casey Research, the <b>costs of the government bailouts will total $8.5 trillion</b>, which is more than the cost of all US wars, the Louisiana Purchase, the New Deal, the Marshall Plan, and the NASA Space Program combined.<br/><br/> To put this into perspective, all major US wars cost a total of $7.5 trillion in inflation-adjusted 2008 dollars. This includes such events as the American Revolution, the War of 1812, the Civil War, the Spanish American War, World War I, World War II, Korea, Vietnam, Iraq, and Afghanistan, the invasion of Panama, the Kosovo War, and numerous other small conflicts.