What Does A TRILLION Dollars Look Like?
Sunday, March 08 2009 @ 08:59 PM EDTContributed by: BMcDonald
All this talk about "stimulus packages" and "bailouts," of 30 billion here, 180 billion there, 800 billion more, adding up to TRILLIONS going God-knows where.
I think it's time we get a bit of a grasp on what does do these number look 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.
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.
1 Million Dollars
While a measly $1 million looked a little unimpressive, $100 million is a little more respectable. It fits neatly on a standard pallet...
1 Hundred Million Dollars
And $1 BILLION dollars... now we're really getting somewhere...
1 Billion Dollars
Next we'll look at ONE TRILLION dollars. This is that number we've been hearing so much about. What is a trillion dollars? Well, it's a million million. It's a thousand billion. It's a one followed by 12 zeros.
It's pretty surprising.
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Ladies and gentlemen... I give you $1 trillion dollars...
1 trillion dollars)
So the next time you hear someone toss around the phrase "trillion dollars"... that's what they're talking about.
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