Russ hopes Obama fails
Good Day to you Socrates!!!
Socrates, here's something pretty cool (for perspective), but
it won't help you any with your blood pressure. You mention
$1 TTTTTRRRRRRILLION IN RED INK but
what does that really mean, or even look like? Here we go...
We'll start with a $100 dollar bill. Currently the largest U.S.
denomination in general circulation. Most everyone has seen
them, slightly 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
that you're talk'n 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.
You ready for this? 8O
(And notice those pallets are double stacked.)
A TRILLION is just a number so abstract it's hard to picture (at least
for me) until someone else shared this with me, & I'm sharing it with
you. Wow, eh?
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Good Day to you Socrates!!!
Socrates, here's something pretty cool (for perspective), but
it won't help you any with your blood pressure. You mention
$1 TTTTTRRRRRRILLION IN RED INK but
what does that really mean, or even look like? Here we go...
We'll start with a $100 dollar bill. Currently the largest U.S.
denomination in general circulation. Most everyone has seen
them, slightly 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
that you're talk'n 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.
You ready for this? 8O
(And notice those pallets are double stacked.)
A TRILLION is just a number so abstract it's hard to picture (at least
for me) until someone else shared this with me, & I'm sharing it with
you. Wow, eh?
_________________
