Perspective 


Our Docova product uses folder views called perspectives. If that is what you were expecting to read about, sorry.  Just wanted to put some context to the denominations that are being used in the media of late.  This email I received gives a good perspective.

 



What does one TRILLION dollars look like?
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.  
To get a sense of what exactly a trillion dollars looks like 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.

$100

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.

$10,000

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.

$1,000,000 (one million dollars)

 

 
While a measly $1 million looked a little unimpressive, $100 million is a little more respectable.

It fits neatly on a standard pallet...

$100,000,000 (one hundred million dollars)

 

 
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...

$1,000,000,000,000 (one trillion dollars)


(And notice those pallets are double stacked.) Hey, that's me standing at the lower left hand corner,

thinking this must be my stimulus package...
So the next time you hear someone toss around the phrase "trillion dollars"...

that's what they're talking about.


 


 


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Gary Walsh April 7th, 2009 11:54:38 AM