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26. Just a little perspective on how much 80 billion dollars can generate in interest

Thu Oct 16, 2014, 04:29 PM

Oct 2014

If you had 80 billion dollars invested in just about the safest long term bond in the world - the 30 year US treasury, the current coupon rate (the percentage paid of a $1000 face vaue bond) is 3.125%. That means for every million you hold in those bonds, they will pay $31,250 per year in interest.
A hundred million pays $3,125,000 per year
A billion pays $31,250,000

That is the equivalent of $85, 616.44 PER DAY in interest payments.

Times 80 equals $6,849,315.07 PER DAY. (Yes, that's almost seven million dollars a day)
(Source)
http://www.bloomberg.com/markets/

The Koch brothers are getting a WAY better return than 3.125% on their money.

It would be virtually impossible to make them go broke by simply spending money on a political campaign.

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