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Ever wondered what a trillion dollars looks like? Here's a handy illustration...
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Ever wondered what a trillion dollars looks like? Here's a handy illustration...
Alright, so here's a $100 dollar bill.
A packet of one hundred Benjamins is $10,000. Pretty small, and can easily fit in your pocket.
Now, 100 of these packets nets us $1 million dollars. Now, you can't exactly fit that in your pocket, but a bag should do.
With 100 of these piles, you've got $100 million dollars. Now there's some serious dough.
Multiply that by 10, and we're at $1 billion dollars.
And finally, to get to $1 trillion dollars...
And the US debt you keep hearing so much about? That's 16 of these. Which looks like...
A packet of one hundred Benjamins is $10,000. Pretty small, and can easily fit in your pocket.
Now, 100 of these packets nets us $1 million dollars. Now, you can't exactly fit that in your pocket, but a bag should do.
With 100 of these piles, you've got $100 million dollars. Now there's some serious dough.
Multiply that by 10, and we're at $1 billion dollars.
And finally, to get to $1 trillion dollars...
And the US debt you keep hearing so much about? That's 16 of these. Which looks like...