the new math

Some ways the $1 trillion spent in Iraq (as of February) could have been spent, according to this article:

• Fund the EPA for 100 years
• Form 17 more Departments of Education
• Form 169 more National Science Foundations
• Form 199 more National Cancer Institutes
• Mail a check for more than $3,000 to every man, woman and child in the United States
• Send a check for more than $150 to every human being on earth