What Does $700 Billion Buy

The Wall Street bailout has brought upon our national obsession with $700 billion.
That’s $700,000,000,000.
According to Forbes, the Treasury Department admitted that they just picked a really large number. So essentially, they chose the now famous $700 billion number, out of thin air.
But what does $700,000,000,000 buy?
According to CJR, $700 billion is $140 billion more than [...]