Wednesday, August 26, 2009

One Trillion Dollars Visualized from www.mint.com

It’s official, trillion is the new billion. No longer is government spending talked about in terms of a mere ten digits. With the recent flurry of government spending, we are going to need another three zeros to make sense of it all. One trillion dollars is a number that few people can comprehend, let alone your standard nine digit calculator. So what does one trillion dollars look like?
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A trillion dollars as the new billion?! That’s just crazy. I can never comprehend a trillion dollars, let alone know what to do with it if I ever have one. Hmmnn…
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