500 Billion What Could America Do With $500 Billion?


Option #3: Twinkies for Everyone.

Submitted by Jim Smith, Smithville, USA

Buy 5574 twinkies for each american. That's 15.7 twinkies a day for a whole year. Each American could consumer 5730.5 twinkies, but infortunately would consume an additional 830,000 calories. At 3500 calories per pound, each person would be 237 pounds bigger at the end of the year. While it is not physically possible to eat 15.7 twinkies a day, for $500 billion each american could eat a twinkie a day for 15.7 years. This would be physically possible, however not recommended. As a once a week treat, each american could have a twinkie a week for almost 110 years and would have to pass on their "twinkie legacy" to at least one generation after them.

"A Twinkie is a "Golden Sponge Cake with Creamy Filling" created by Hostess, and baked by Continental Baking Co., which is owned by Kansas City-based Interstate Bakeries Corporation.

Twinkies are oblong in shape, approximately 4" x 1" (10 cm x 2.5 cm), and usually sold in packages of two. In the U.S., the Twinkie is commonly regarded as the quintessential junk food. Each Twinkie contains about 145 kilocalories (607 kilojoules). Five hundred million are produced each year."

Info Source: 10 pack of twinkies is 2.99 US and with 300 million people, $550 Billion yields rought 15.7 twinkies per day for a year. More on Twinkies

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