[BITList] What is exactly is one TRILLION dollars?

[John Feltham]

Subject: What is exactly is one TRILLION dollars?

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What is exactly is one TRILLION dollars


All this talk about "stimulus packages" and "bailouts"...

A billion dollars...

A hundred billion dollars...

Eight hundred billion dollars...

One TRILLION dollars...

What does that look like? I mean, these various numbers are tossed  
around like so many doggie treats, so I thought I'd take Google  
Sketchup out for a test drive and try to get a sense of what exactly a  
trillion dollars looks like.

We'll start with a $100 dollar bill. Currently the largest U.S.  
denomination in general circulation. Most everyone has seen them,  
slighty fewer have owned them. Guaranteed to make friends wherever  
they go.





A packet of one hundred $100 bills is less than 1/2" thick and  
contains $10,000. Fits in your pocket easily and is more than enough  
for week or two of shamefully decadent fun.





Believe it or not, this next little pile is $1 million dollars (100  
packets of $10,000). You could stuff that into a grocery bag and walk  
around with it.





While a measly $1 million looked a little unimpressive, $100 million  
is a little more respectable. It fits neatly on a standard pallet...





And $1 BILLION dollars... now we're really getting somewhere...





Next we'll look at ONE TRILLION dollars. This is that number we've  
been hearing about so much. What is a trillion dollars? Well, it's a  
million million. It's a thousand billion. It's a one followed by 12  
zeros.

You ready for this?

It's pretty surprising.

Go ahead...

Scroll down...

Ladies and gentlemen... I give you $1 trillion dollars...





(And notice those pallets are double stacked.)

So the next time you hear someone toss around the phrase "trillion  
dollars"... that's what they're talking about.







ooroo

Bad typists of the word, untie.




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