What Would $456 billion buy?

The folks at Boston.com added up all the spending on the war effort. They figure it'll hit $456-billion in September.

Then they decided what all that money would buy. Some items on their list:

• 30 Big Digs -- the cost overrun-plagued Boston road project
• 1.2 years of free gasoline -- for everyone in the USA
• 14.5 million year long scholarships at Harvard

And based on World Bank numbers, the money would be enough to eliminate starvation worldwide by 2015. (Boston.com)