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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...
We'll start with a $100 dollar bill. Currently the largest U.S. denomination in general circulation. Most everyone has seen them, slighty fewer have owned them. Guaranteed to make friends wherever they go.
 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 of 4' x 4'....
 And $1 BILLION dollars... now we're really getting somewhere--. 10 pallets of 100 million dollars..
 Next we'll look at ONE TRILLION dollars. This is that number we've been hearing so much about. 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...
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Ladies and gentlemen... I give you $1 trillion dollars...
Notice those pallets are double stacked. .....and remember those are $100 bills.  So the next time you hear someone toss around the phrase "trillion dollars"... that's what they're talking about.
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