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

A billion dollars...


A hundred billion dollars...


Eight hundred billion dollars...


One TRILLION dollars...


What does that look like? I mean, these various numbers are tossed around
like so many doggie treats.


Stay with me ... to get a sense of what a trillion dollars looks like.


Take it slow....


We'll start with a $100 dollar bill. Currently the largest U.S. denomination
in general circulation. Most everyone has seen them; slightly 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 a week or
two of shamefully decadent fun.


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



While a measly $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...
$1,000,000,000 (one billion dollars)




Next we'll look at ONE TRILLION dollars. This is that number we've been
hearing about so much. What is a trillion dollars? Well, it's a million
million. It's a thousand billion. It's a one followed by 12 zeros. You ready
for this? It's pretty surprising. Go ahead... Scroll down...



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





(And notice those pallets are double stacked)