This is $100...

[MrScorpio]

Say "Hi" to Ben.











Now behold a TRILLION DOLLARS:


(Check out the dude in the bottom left corner for scale)


Any questions?

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

http://www.salon.com/news/opinion/feature/2009/10/06/smallpox/index.html

[TomClash]

1. Ok

By the way, that's more than the total amount of US currency in circulation.

[FormerDittoHead]

6. Good point. I find these "stacked to the moon" graphics pointless unless..

the stack of money is compared to another stack spent for something else...

http://www.lcurve.org

[unhappycamper]

2. That's a nice visual of the annual military budget. n/t

[FormerDittoHead]

7. Here's another one...

http://www.warresisters.org/pages/piechart.htm

[zbdent]

3. please show the graphic which has the costs of Bush's

war of choice, the invasion and occupation of Iraq ...

[unhappycamper]

5. OK:

[tomm2thumbs]

4. hey, let's hit the casino!!!!!!

shhhh, don't say anything or they'll raise the price on the buffet

[Javaman]

8. I remember when our deficit first hit 1 trillion dollars...

Newsday printed a factoid regarding it's size.

If you took 1 trillion dollars and had it all in 1 dollar bills, it would over every square inch of Long Island...3 bills deep.

I look back at a 1 trillion dollar deficit with envy.