Article posted Wednesday, November 7, 2012 12:18pm

$2.6 billion

The amount spent on the 2012 U.S. Presidential campaign

$50 million

The amount spent on the 2012 French Presidential campaign

17

Percent of Gross Domestic Product – the value of the assets of the country’s six largest banks in 1995

64

Percent of Gross Domestic Product – the value of the assets of the country’s six largest banks in 2010

29

Percent of Federal Judges criminal dockets made up of drug cases

49.6

Percent of soda and beer cans recycled in the average American home

33.4

Percent of glass containers recycled in the average American home

33

Percent savings in shipping costs Oskar Blues Brewing Company says it reaps from using cans instead of bottles

Sources: The Nation; Outside; EPA; Truthout, The Baseline Scenario