In addition to guarantees, it was suggested that the government could invest in private equity in viable and solvent Finnish banks. No sums were specified, but the maximum figure would appear unlikely to exceed EUR 4 billion. All the same, this is approximately EUR 750 for every man, woman, and child in Finland, and it compares with the 1 billion price-tag for updating Finland's F-18 Hornet fighters, 714 million euros for building the Western Metro to Espoo, 500 million as the anticipated cost to municipalities of nurses' scheduled salary increases, and 255 million in costs accruing from reductions in tax on forested land.
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