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Message: <blockquote data-quote="feed" data-source="post: 6637872" data-attributes="member: 142900">What does one TRILLION dollars look  like?         <a href="http://media.fastclick.net/w/click.here?sid=3157&m=3&c=1" target="_blank"><img src="http://media.fastclick.net/w/get.media?sid=3157&m=3&tp=7&d=s&c=1" alt="" class="fr-fic fr-dii fr-draggable " style="" /></a>     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.   <img src="http://www.pagetutor.com/trillion/bill.jpg" alt="" class="fr-fic fr-dii fr-draggable " style="" />   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.   <img src="http://www.pagetutor.com/trillion/packet.jpg" alt="" class="fr-fic fr-dii fr-draggable " style="" />   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.   <img src="http://www.pagetutor.com/trillion/pile.jpg" alt="" class="fr-fic fr-dii fr-draggable " style="" />   While a measly $1 million looked a little  unimpressive, $100 million is a little more respectable. It fits neatly  on a standard pallet...   <img src="http://www.pagetutor.com/trillion/pallet.jpg" alt="" class="fr-fic fr-dii fr-draggable " style="" />   And $1 BILLION dollars... now we're really getting  somewhere...   <img src="http://www.pagetutor.com/trillion/pallet_x_10.jpg" alt="" class="fr-fic fr-dii fr-draggable " style="" />   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.   You ready for this?   It's pretty surprising.   Go ahead...   Scroll down...   Ladies and gentlemen... I give you $1 trillion  dollars...   <img src="http://www.pagetutor.com/trillion/pallet_x_10000.jpg" alt="" class="fr-fic fr-dii fr-draggable " style="" />   Notice those pallets are double stacked. ...and  remember those are $100 bills.   So the next time you hear someone toss around the  phrase "trillion dollars"... that's what they're talking about. ADD REP IF YOU LIKE THIS<img src="/styles/default/xenforo/smilies/default/D.gif"  class="smilie" loading="lazy" alt=":D" title="Big grin    :D" data-shortname=":D" /> HOPE YOU ENOYED<img src="/styles/default/xenforo/smilies/default/D.gif"  class="smilie" loading="lazy" alt=":D" title="Big grin    :D" data-shortname=":D" /> </blockquote>

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