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Thursday, March 05, 2009
WHAT DOES A TRILLION DOLLARS LOOK LIKE?
I don’t think ANY of us really know what a trillion means…..despite the fact that the number is being thrown around with abandon, these days. I remember when a $400,000,000,000.00 (four hundred billion dollars) was an UNCONSIONABLE deficit…..but that was a long time ago - back when a Republican was in the White House. Now, the government can commit to spending well over one trillion dollars it doesn’t have (meaning it will borrow or print the money), and (almost) everyone is cheering.
Anyhow, thanks to Jonah Goldberg at THE CORNER, I’ve been to a website where one can see in a very graphic fashion the full reality of $1,000,000,000,000.00 (one trillion dollars). Get ready, because it’s a little bit shocking. OK…..(I’m not making this up).....(don’t say I didn’t warn you)........HERE IT IS.
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