The following appeared in the Rock Creek Free Press
Casey Research, of Vermont, has analyzed the costs of the government bailouts of the housing crisis, the credit crisis and others and has concluded that the total is $8.5 trillion, which is more than the cost of all US wars, the Louisiana Purchase, the New Deal, the Marshall Plan and the NASA Space Program combined.
According to CRS, the Congressional Research Service, all major US wars (including such events as the American Revolution, the War of 1812, the Civil War, the Spanish American War, World War I, World War II, Korea, Vietnam, Iraq and Afghanistan, the invasion of Panama, the Kosovo War and numerous other small conflicts), cost a total of $7.5 trillion in inflation-adjusted 2008 dollars.
Mark Lundeen each week sends me his comparison of the 
Look at the Time
Occasionally I have someone tell me that they have to subscribe to corporate media because they need to know what “they” are saying. I understand how these people feel. I broke down two years ago and subscribed to the Wall Street Journal. For someone who works hard to avoid putting money into the pockets of folks like Ruppert Murdoch, it was hard to write the check.
Those who practice the most material omission and offer a venue for lots of self-serving spin, can also afford to hire and keep incredible talent like the WSJ’s editorial page editor, Paul Gigot, and columnist Peggy Noonan.
Noonan hit a homer today on a subject of great importance. Here it is: Look at the Time