What does one TRILLION dollars look like?

All this talk about "stimulus packages" and "bailouts"...

A billion dollars...

A hundred billion dollars...

Eight hundred billion dollars...

One TRILLION dollars...

We'll start with a $100 dollar bill. Currently the largest U.S. denomination in general circulation. Most everyone has seen them, slighty 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 and can buy 825 KFC party buckets.

Believe it or not, this next little pile is $1 million dollars (100 packets of $10,000). You could stuff that into a small adidas bag.

While a small pile of $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 so much about. What is a trillion dollars? Well, it's a million million. It's a thousand billion. It's a one followed by 12 zeros (1000000000000) .

Ladies and gentlemen... I give you $1 trillion dollars...

(And notice those piles are double stacked.)

So the next time you hear bail out of "trillion dollars"... that's what they're talking about.

Simple Facts ...

Today on my way to work I saw on the train the following: “In case of emergency is better to stay on the train.” Lets say there is a fire, or worse, a Al Qaeda bomb on the train. Maybe people are bound to be on the train and become a nice barbecue. I mean, come on? There may be situations where is better to stay on, but always?

The this other day I asked for a coffee, and on the cup was written: “Careful, may be hot”. Oh really?

Maybe people should put on the water bottles something like: “Careful, if you drink your thirst may be killed.”

Have you guys ever heard of a simple thing called common sense(sense de common)? Everyone knows the coffee is hot, and everyone knows that facing danger they will run as far as they can get.

"He who does not have common sense at age thirty will never have it"