March 13, 2008

US Debt .. let's see hoq trillion stacks up

  1. Hank Mac OS X Mozilla Firefox 2.0.0.12 Says:

    How big is $1 trillion? A billion is a big number, a trillion is beyond comprehension.

    A $100 note is 0.13mm thick. From this base the following figures can be calculated:

    100 x $100 notes ($10,000) = 13mm thickness

    10,000 x $100 notes ($1,000,000) = 1,300mm = 1.3 metres

    10,000,000 x $100 notes ($1 billion) = 1.3 kilometres

    10,000,000.000 x $100 notes ($1 trillion) = 1,300 kilometres

    Zimbabwe anyone?

    The US national debt is $9.4 trillion. It can’t be paid back and it will never be paid back.

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