{"product_id":"what-we-could-have-done-with-the-money","title":"What We Could Have Done With The Money","description":"Description for WHAT WE COULD HAVE DONE WITH THE MONEY:  50 WAYS TO SPEND THE TRILLION DOLLARS WE'VE SPENT ON IRAQ by Rob Simpson: \u003cp\u003e\r\n\r\nThe war in Iraq is not only controversial, it's also astronomically expensive. Now Rob Simpson answers the question many concerned Americans have been asking: Wasn't there some other way the government could have spent one trillion of our tax dollars?\r\n\u003c\/p\u003e\u003cp\u003e\r\nWHAT WE COULD HAVE DONE WITH THE MONEY presents 50 thought-provoking spending alternatives. With a trillion dollars, we could:\u003c\/p\u003e\u003cp\u003e\r\n\r\nFix Social Security right now: Stop worrying. Stop debating. It's done. Over. Fixed.\r\n\u003c\/p\u003e\u003cp\u003e\r\nEnd homelessness in America: House 15 million homeless families, get a million kids out of foster care, and have change to spare!\r\n\u003c\/p\u003e\u003cp\u003e\r\nGive everyone in the world satellite TV: Can we have the revolution later? I'm watching CSI right now.\r\n\u003c\/p\u003e\u003cp\u003e\r\nPay everyone in Iraq to be nice to each other: Hey! If someone tripled your salary for the next 20 years, wouldn't you behave?\r\n\u003c\/p\u003e\u003cp\u003e\r\nGo Green: Give 100 million car buyers a $10,000 subsidy on their hybrid.\r\n\u003c\/p\u003e\u003cp\u003e\r\nOr gold...: Pave every highway in America with gold leaf.\r\n\u003c\/p\u003e\u003cp\u003e\r\nPlay ball! : Fly everyone in Iraq to America, put them up in a nice hotel for three days with all the extras, take them to a baseball game and fly them home... and have a lot leftover.\r\n\u003c\/p\u003e\u003cp\u003e\r\nCure cancer: Double research spending for as long as it takes.\r\n\u003c\/p\u003e\u003cp\u003e\r\n...not to mention paying all credit card debt, buying everyone in the world an iPod nano, building 75 million solar-powered homes, and 39 other revealing pipe dreams.\r\n\u003c\/p\u003e\u003cp\u003e\r\nShocking, thought-provoking, and incredibly entertaining, Simpson takes a hard look at the government's top priorities--both what they are and what they should be.\u003c\/p\u003e","brand":"Connies Bookshelf","offers":[{"title":"Default Title","offer_id":42954371793112,"sku":"9781401323080","price":3.99,"currency_code":"USD","in_stock":true}],"thumbnail_url":"\/\/cdn.shopify.com\/s\/files\/1\/0648\/9099\/4904\/products\/WhatWeCouldHaveDoneWithTheMoney.jpg?v=1654986234","url":"https:\/\/conniesbookshelf.com\/products\/what-we-could-have-done-with-the-money","provider":"Connies Bookshelf","version":"1.0","type":"link"}