$1 Billion is the New $1 Million

Or something.

The price tag for the 9/11 memorial being planned in NY at "ground zero" is now pegged at $1 billion. $1 billion. $1 billion.

$1 billion, $1 billion, $1 billion equals approximately $300,000 for each of the 3,000 or so victims.

Lets pause and think about how $1 billion, $1 billion, $1 billion could be spent.

First the obvious - $300,000 to each of the families of the deceased.

Maybe a $1 billion, $1 billion, $1 billion bounty for OBL.

Hey, how about this - homeland security. Maybe something like port security.

Lets put this in perspective: the Vietnam War Memorial in Washington DC, a tremendously moving place, cost about $10 million. With approximately 50,000 Americans killed in that conflict, the cost per death memorials was $200.