About a month ago, I referenced Glenn Beck’s video talking about the bail-out package. I was trying to let some people know just how much one trillion actually is… it is a million millions! Well, this guy recently used Google Sketch-up to demonstrate what one trillion dollars would actually look like (made out of $100 bills).
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?
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 about so much. 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…
(And notice those pallets are double stacked.)
So the next time you hear someone toss around the phrase “trillion dollars”… that’s what they’re talking about.
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That is a pretty awesome illustration. I wouldn’t mind walking into a warehouse full of pallets like that.
I wouldn’t mind walking into a storage closet with just one pallet.
Greedy greedy, just let me fill my pockets – don’t need no stinking pallet.
Oh, to be a member of the Rothschild Banking Dynasty…
I’m pretty suprised. Interesting bar bet: Using $100 bills, Do you think you can fit a billion dollars in your house? The answer clearly is yes. I mean, a few pallets can buy you a MLB baseball team
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wow thats alot of money
What is the measurement of the Trillion Dollors?
true… you know what they say…People who own only nine shares of a company’s stock should not be allowed to make shareholder proxy proposals
Wow, that’s pretty crazy. What a great way to really visualize that much money. Great use of Sketchup by the way. Instead of showing a person for scale reference, maybe you should have a toilet so we can actually see where all that money goes, lol.