A trillion Dollars . . .How much IS That?

[ICU 812]

A Trillion: How Much Is That Really?

There is casual talk of a trillion of this or that these days. But just how much is a trillion of anything?

Back in the late 1950s there was a television program titled "Millionaire". The premise of this show was that an anonymous wealthy man, never seen by the viewer, would gave away checks for a million dollars to people he chose in some way. He then had his associate follow the resulting change in the recipient's life and report back. In those days, a million dollars seemed to be an incalculable or unimaginable, seemingly infinite amount of money to the average person. It was fantastic to contemplate.

Now in 2020, most folks understand what a million dollars is. In home buying in the Houston Texas area , a nice house can be bought for $250,000; a quarter of a million. A really nice place in a great neighborhood on a good sized lot can be $500,000 or somewhat more, perhaps even a cool million. The point is that average people today do understand what a million dollars is.

So then, just what is a million? One way of looking at a million is to imagine a thousand piles of one thousand whatever in each pile, or a thousand-thousands, commonly written as 1,000,000.

With that said, what is a billion? The short answer is that a billion is a thousand millions. A stack of hundred dollar bills around six inches high amounts to one hundred thousand dollars. Ten such stacks, or a million dollars in $100 bills can be put into an ordinary sized brief case if packed neatly. A thousand such brief cases can be stacked, 50 at a time, on around 20 standard shipping pallets. Each pallet would be 4 feet by 4 feet and stand about 4 feet tall. That amounts to a billion dollars. A trillion dollars would take twenty thousand pallets of 100 dollar bills. If they were layed out on a football field, the entire playing area would be covered with pallets from goal line to goal line and side line to side lineb . . . . and stand two and a half stories high. In 2020, the size of the Nation's debt is well over 20 times that. No foot ball stadium in the country could physically hold twenty trillion dollars in $100 dollar bills.

That is a trillion dollars.

[rexdutchman]

owed to china

[Yssup Rider]

Your point?

Right now we owe Mexico for that wall they’re building.

[winn dixie]

Originally Posted by Yssup Rider

Your point?

Right now we owe Mexico for that wall they’re building.

nah, they paid for it!

[matchingmole]

Trumptards don't even know how much a billion is....


a billion is a thousand millions...............except in Trumptardland

[Ripmany]

It would be 2500 dicks life time worth all good hookers there can stand in today dollars. 20,000 fucking at 20k each for 2500 men.

[ICU 812]

No point, angle or bias intended in the OP.

Just wanted to get a grasp on what they are talking about when the budget, debt or some givaway bill comes up.

Just calling something a name sometimes disconnects us from what it really is. So I ran through the numbers and now, whenever a "trillion dollars" comes up in the news, I will have this image of the Texan's stadium overflowing with briefcases full of money.

[dilbert firestorm]

83 aircraft carriers

[nevergaveitathought]

a trillion dollars is overstated, it was only about 100 billion 69 years ago

[Strokey_McDingDong]

A trillion is a million million. So, for every dollar a millionaire has, a trillionaire has a million dollars in its place.

[Ripmany]

Originally Posted by nevergaveitathought

a trillion dollars is overstated, it was only about 100 billion 69 years ago

Lot closer than that I would say 1975
So about 45 years.

[Ripmany]

Originally Posted by Strokey_McDingDong

A trillion is a million million. So, for every dollar a millionaire has, a trillionaire has a million dollars in its place.

I would rather think at think it could buy everything man in usa a hooker 50 times at going rate of $200 to $400.

[eccieuser9500]

Strow . . . key!

You messed with the King.

[eccieuser9500]

Troops in Afghanistan:

Today, before the withdrawal, President Dump was briefed the U.S. lost 7 troops. Three Canadian troops. Two Armenians and one Brazilian.

The president turned to his chief of staff and asked "How many is a brazilian?"

[eccieuser9500]