What's a Trillion Dollars Look Like?

In this day and age when Obama thinks nothing of racking up a couple of Trillions in spending and deficits it's easy to get lulled into thinking So What? A Trillion is just the next number up from a billion, and we've been talking billions for decades. So what's the big deal about a Trillion?

Courtesy of PageTutor.com here's a good way to visualize just what a Trillion looks like and why we should be concerned with our out-of-control Congress and President.


Let's start with $10,000. A nice hefty sum that in $100 bills fit's nicely in a pocket or purse

$10,000

Now let's look at $1 million. Here, 100 stacks of $10,000 make a pile that would fit nicely into a grocery bag. That'd make for a fun shopping spree!

$1 million


Now that measly $1 million looked a little small, so let's see what $100 million looks like. A little more impressive, wouldn't you say? Makes a nice square pallet of money.

$100 million

Let's take a look at a real pile of money, $1 billion dollars, which is 10 of the $100 million pallets. That might take a while to spend, unless you're a pork-crazed Congressman

$1 billion

And that brings us to the real stack of money. The one that Pelosi, Reid and Obama think is just the answer to our economic woes. Let's take a look at what $1 Trillion looks like.

$1 Trillion

Look at that! Notice that the pallets are double-stacked? See our little red-shirted man in the left-hand corner?

Remember this view the next time your friendly MSM talking head throws around some numbers and tells you the all-knowing, all-seeing, all-generous, all-taxing Obama is going to need another Trillion or so of your money to fix our economy!

This Whole Thing is Getting Crazy

If you saw my last post, or have been watching the news then you know that Obama and his media team have decided they will use his bully pulpit and the White House to squelch any nay-sayers in the media like Cramer or Limbaugh. I think that's a big mistake. The President needs to stay above the fray, take his criticism, while pushing forth his agenda.

But as is typical of Democrats, (even more so than Republicans, although they aren't without guilt either) their MO is to destroy the messenger. It's OK for free-speech in America so long as you agree with them. But if you don't toe the line, and you make big enough waves or headlines with your remarks...they're going to come after you. What a little bunch of men.

But I have to hand it to Cramer. His retort to Obama was well written and I thought packed a mean punch.

I tell you, Obama and his drive to destroy all the wealth-builders in this country is stirring up a hornets nest. Even some of his supporters are turning.

I spoke to a friend yesterday. She's a business person, but voted for Obama based on his promise of change. Like a lot of folks, including me, she was tired of the crap we're handed out of Washington, no matter the party in control. But she's now questioning her vote. She told me she's very worried about his huge move to the left and the politics-as-usual approach. She said there's no change, just a whole lot more of the same ol' crap.

I bet she's not the only one wishing they hadn't voted for Obama.

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