Serving Mammon

According to Bloomberg:
So far the US economic bailout cost is $7.76 Trillion USD.

The breakdown:
(=$24,000 for every man woman and child in the US)

Putting it in perspective:
This $7.76 Trillion bailout costs more than all of these big budget government expenditures - combined:
• Marshall Plan: Cost: $12.7 billion, Inflation Adjusted Cost: $115.3 B
• Louisiana Purchase: Cost: $15 million, Inflation Adjusted Cost: $217 B
• Race to the Moon: Cost: $36.4 billion, Inflation Adjusted Cost: $237 B
• S&L Crisis: Cost: $153 billion, Inflation Adjusted Cost: $256 B
• Korean War: Cost: $54 billion, Inflation Adjusted Cost: $454 B
• The New Deal: Cost: $32 billion (Est), Inflation Adjusted Cost: $500 B
• Invasion of Iraq: Cost: $551b, Inflation Adjusted Cost: $597 B
• Vietnam War: Cost: $111 billion, Inflation Adjusted Cost: $698 B
• NASA: Cost: $416.7 billion, Inflation Adjusted Cost: $851.2 B
= TOTAL: $3.92 trillion

versus

= TOTAL: $7.76 trillion