Thursday, March 26, 2009

Warning! A Very Disturbing Graphic!

Trillion Dollar Obama Stimulus Plan: Visual of What One Trillion Dollars Looks Like


from Death By 1000 Paper Cuts
Posted by RidesAPaleHorseMarch 26th, 2009

What does one TRILLION dollars look like?

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 less than 1/2″ thick contains $10,000. Fits in your pocket easily and is more than enough for a week or two of shamefully decadent fun.
Click to read the article and view all the disturbing graphics

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