Federal Deficit Visualized... We need a bigger safe

[Nova's Ark]

What does one TRILLION dollars look like?

With 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, slightly fewer have owned them. Guaranteed to make friends wherever they go.

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.

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.

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

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

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...

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.

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[Kamikaze]

Thats awsome! Its hard to realize exactly what they are talking about when they use huge numbers like that.

 

[BILLYGOAT]

ill take the smallest stack anyone wants to send me. hell ill even come pick it up. its surprising to visualize how much it really is.

 

[rnpnick]

In, thanks for the chance.

 

[Mad Scientist]

That penny analogy really puts it in perspective.

 

[dblrnut]

tell me that aint the biggest joke of the century. it would be better if they cant spend more then they can carry better then this jeeze:?

 

[microgoat]

re-post.

 

[Harley]

Damn 174.......not quite sure what that says about me, I think I just barely have him beat. :mrgreen:

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[Scoony]

thats good vids

 

[JasonInAugusta]

It's a deficit...why do we need a safe for money we don't have?

 

[Mr.Slave]

It's a deficit...why do we need a safe for money we don't have?

http://www.youtube.com/watch?v=J0rSXjVuJVg

this is more than fitting.
lmao.

 

[soundcolor]

Here is a visualization for ya...
1 trillion pennies,
Thats
$10,000,000,166.40 (ten billion, one hundred and sixty six dollars and forty cents)

Or, here is a good way to visualize 10 trillion dollars in pennies ( the little cube in between the empire state building and the washington monument is 1 trillion pennies)

 

[860Crawler]

nice visuals. Something I can put into perspective

 

[caymin last]

Cha-ching! Thanks for the visual perspective, now we see why were being told to stock up on food, ammo and other essential supplies, the chit is already in the fan.