You could buy
You can buy one of the following:
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	  Taxpayer funding of UK political partiesYearly spending for policy development for £2 million ($a16,220 thousand) from electoral_comission
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	  Enough gold leaf to cover an American football fieldCover an American football field with a single layer of gold leaf for US$2,879 thousand ($a15,220 thousand) from amazon
Thousands of
You can buy one of the following:
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	  questions in the UK parliamentPayments made to MPs to table parliamentary questions, 1994. for £2 thousand ($a16,220) from wikipedia
Shopping list
You can buy all of the following:
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	  1 Olympic swimming pool filled with untaxed petrolOlympic swimming pool filled with untaxed petrol for £1,173 thousand ($a9,507 thousand) from hardcoded
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	  2 thousand Monthly rentAverage monthly cost of renting accomidation in the United Kingdom, 2006/7 for £565 ($a4,581) from source