George W. Bush has crisscrossed the country touting his top political
priority--a giant tax cut. While consistently exaggerating the benefit to the
middle class, he has unfailingly neglected to mention that he would give the
wealthiest 1 percent of families 43 percent of the tax cuts. The tax break for
the top 1 percent amounts to $774 billion over 10 years. Here is a look at what
else the country could do with that whopping lump of cash over the next decade
(mostly based on year 2000 expenditures). Shop for yourself.

New Teachers. Pay almost two million teachers' salaries for 10 years.

Student Aid. Increase the federal Pell Grant budget 88-fold or multiply
federal student loans 18 times.

Today, George W. Bush is traveling around the country touting his top
priority -- a giant tax cut. But he exaggerates the benefit to the
middle class, while neglecting to mention that he would give the top 1
percent of families 43 percent of the tax cuts. The tax cut for the
wealthiest 1 percent amounts to $774 billion over 10 years.
The American Prospect investigates what else the country could
buy with that lump of cash (based on year 2000 expenditures) over the
next decade. Shop for yourself.

The money that Bush would spend on the top 1 percent could fund the
following: