Author Topic: What does a Trillion Dollars look like?  (Read 26 times)

Dennis Nedry

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What does a Trillion Dollars look like?
« on: September 15, 2009, 11:21:48 pm »
To put some of the figures in perspective, here is an interesting representation
of the amounts of money in 100 dollar bills:

(notice the Trillion dollar pallets are stacked 2 high, the billion only 1 high)

One Billion Dollars

One Trillion Dollars

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DG9

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Very good illustration
« Reply #1 on: September 16, 2009, 04:27:39 am »
I'm sure that the difference between a billion and a trillion in most people's minds pales in comparison to the visual image...

First thing I saw when I looked at it was that with current government debt/spending, there is no way we will avoid hyper inflation.

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The Federal Reserve Note is not the dollar
« Reply #2 on: September 16, 2009, 08:45:02 pm »


But neat illustration anyway.

I D Shukhov

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U.S. circa 2025
« Reply #3 on: September 16, 2009, 09:03:44 pm »

Anything that won't sell, I don't want to invent.  Its sale is proof of utility, and utility is success. – Edison


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