What One Trillion Dollars looks like.

[Wiggs]

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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.

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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.

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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.

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[Wiggs]

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

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


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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.

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



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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.

[Aeonflame]

I used to have a trillion dollars, then I woke up.

[bigbad-ratman]

I used to have a trillion dollars, then I woke up.

you are lucky...i cant even dream that big!!!

[Deleted User]

As a money manager, I'd love to "see" what a trillion looks like thumbs2: For now, I'm "just" thinking in multiples of millions [Only Registered Users Can See Links.]

[Lady Hobbs]

Under this link, there is an ad for a storage unit. LOLOL

Just a reminder to keep this thread on topic and not to let this one go political or it will get closed down.

[Padams]

I have always said If I could get every person in Atlanta Metro Area to give me $1 I would be set for a while. Current est pop = estimated 2007 population of 5,278,904


I just need time to collect!!!!!

[Red]

lol that is crazyyyy

[AABatteries]

I want to see it in $1's. :hmm3grin2orange:

[Lady Hobbs]

I've seen people who have gotten college money by asking for $1. People think a dollar is not enough to sweat a spam so send it without hesitation.

[Jaster]

lmao... I'd be happy with a couple of those smaller piles... lol

[Northernguy]

See! Now me rolling around in that would absolutely be my perfect pic!:hmm3grin2orange:

[Jaster]

I don't know NG... thats an image I could have lived without... :hmm3grin2orange:

[Northernguy]

I don't know NG... thats an image I could have lived without... :hmm3grin2orange:
At least I didn't say anything about a thong or baby oil!:hmm3grin2orange:
I just want to roll around in it,Thats all! lol

[King Tut]

At least I didn't say anything about a thong or baby oil!:hmm3grin2orange:
I just want to roll around in it,Thats all! lol

Yeah I think we should leave the thong and baby oil to Mith!!! He is more suited for that type of thing!!! LOL :hmm3grin2orange:

[Amazon]

that would buy you some awesome tanks, you could even have a ceolocanth in a pressurixed tank.:hmm3grin2orange:
wouldnt worry about maintenance I would just pay someone to do it.