What a trillion dollars looks like

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What a trillion dollars looks like

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You may have seen this before.  If not, it is quite interesting.

http://www.pagetutor.com/trillion/index.html
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Keep an ear out for references to quadrillion.

A thousand trillions.

We're currently approaching $100 trillion when you add the off balance sheet liabilities to the reported national debt, so a quadrillion isn't as far away as you might think.
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l82start wrote: you may have seen this one too (its even scarier after seeing the one above)...  http://www.usdebtclock.org/
Oh yeah!  Staring at the debt clock is a wonderful way to drive oneself completely insane!
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