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Graphics are informative when discussing incomprehensibly large numbers. Americans spend more on yoga than Russia does on their military. America spends enough on pharmaceuticals to convert the entire world to solar power and other renewable energy sources.

The financial crisis has already cost America’s government more than double the cost of The New Deal, the Marshall Plan, China’s stimulus package, and the UK, German, and French bailout packages. (Adjusting for today’s dollars.)