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A $100 dollar bill.
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 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...
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
don't miss to see the little man at the corner.
(And notice those pallets are double stacked.)
So the next time you hear someone toss around the phrase "trillion
dollars"... that's what they're talking about.
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