What can you buy with $50 billion?

With the federal budget deficit expected to punch through the $50 billion mark this year, we wondered what one could buy with that kind of cash. Here’s what we came up with:

6.5billion Big Mac combos10 nuclear reactors467 Nortel Networks641 of the most expensive Ming Vase ever sold520 Neverland Ranches33 Yankee Stadiums25per cent of the Microsoft Corp.235 Phoenix Coyote NHL franchises71 Mona Lisas1.2 billion copies of Dan Brown’s Angels & Demons (at the MSRP of $39.99)
A little more than one Bill Gates5,000 large private islands in the Caribbean50 million Julie Couillard dresses (or at least the low-cut number sold at auction in April)

Feel free to make your own suggestions in the comments below.