Washington ? Employees of American International Group’s Financial Products division collectively received $165 million in bonuses as a reward for failure. Ever wonder what $165 million would buy these days?

• 8,076 Ford Mustangs.

• 7,417 new Chevrolet Camaros.

• 7,500 Toyota Priuses.

• With baseball season just around the corner, $165 million could buy a pretty good ball team. That money would have covered the payroll of each major league baseball team last season except the New York Yankees.

• The $165 million could cover some noble goals of federal spending too. It represents roughly three-quarters of the $211 million that the Obama administration proposes to spend on researching autism. It’s also more than twice the $73 million that the administration wants to spend on improving health care in rural areas.