Here is a visual reprentation of just what the difference is between a million, a billion and a trillion dollars:

http://www.pagetutor.com/trillion/index.html

Maybe I should have put this under "Politics"; it seems that some politicians could stand to see this.

 

Wow Jeff, that is eye opening. Had absolutely no reference, thanks for the post.

 

Jeff,
Thanks!
I've printed this out and I will drop copies from airplanes prior to the next election!

 

Jeff, just this morning, Zimbabwe(sp) printed a hundred trillion dollar note. No kidding. Are we next?

 

this is crazy....but, it's also an eye trick as well. i'm no fan of the bailouts or handing out money left and right...but you can make anything look or sound worse than it is....think about it like this..

1 trillion dollars
about 300 million americans

that's about $3,500 per person to equal a little more than a trillion...

if you could give $3,500 to bail out the economy and get everything running smoothly again...would you?

$3,500 is probably about a month's pay (more or less). you wouldn't give up one month's pay for a good economy? and in turn you would make more money because the economy is better...

see lol

but, i'm still not in favor of bailouts!

 

. . . Ouch !!