Sunday, August 7, 2011

Debt problems explained in photos


One Hundred Dollars
$100 dollars the most counterfeited denomination in the world


Ten Thousand Dollars
$10,000 Enough for a great vacation or to buy a used car. Approximetly one year of work for the average human on earth.


One Million Dollars
$1,000,000 Not as big of a pile as you thought, huh?  Still this is 92 years of work for the average human on earth




One Hundred Million Dollars
$100,000,000 Fits nicely on an ISO/Military standard sized pallet.



One Billion Dollars
$1,000,000,000 The aggregate annual income of 25,857 median Americans You will need some serious help when robbing the bank. Now we are getting serious!    



One Trillion Dollars
$1,000,000,000,000 Comparison to the standard size American football field and European football field.  Larger than a Boeing 747-400 transcontinental airliner.  The biggest passenger plane in the world until recently.



15 Trillion Dollars
$15,000,000,000,000 U.S. national debt will pass this amount by Christmas


$144.5 Trillion – This money, piled up, would tower above the World Trade Center

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