Thursday 5 February 2009

Exactly how big is US$1 trillion?

From Todayonline

EXACTLY HOW BIG IS US$1 TRILLION?

UNITED States senators battling a nearly US$1-trillion(S$1.5-trillion) economic stimulus plan are striving to find vivid ways to explain just how big the amount of money really is.

Republican Senator John Thune said one could ring the Equator 38.9 times with US$100 bills stretched side by side, while Senate Republican minority leader Mitch McConnell said that if one started spending US$1 million daily from the day Jesus was born, he still would not have spent US$1 trillion.

– AGENCE FRANCE-PRESSE

OMG

Here's mine:

Since one trillion is one thousand times one billion (American system) and according to Wiki, the world's population is estimated to be about 6.75 billion as of February 2009, 1 trillion means handing out approximately US$150 to every single human being on earth.

INCREDIBLE.

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