How Much Is a Trillion?
By Brett Weiss, Maryland Bankruptcy Attorney on Mar 24, 2009 in General Bankruptcy Information
President Obama’s proposed budget calls for a deficit of over One Trillion Dollars. How much is a trillion?
One Trillion Dollars can pay the rent for every renter in the US for three years…
One Trillion Dollars can pay the mortgages for every homeowner in the US for 14 months…
One Trillion Dollars can buy all the homes that were foreclosed on in 2007 and 2008…
One Trillion Dollars can pay for an 11 week vacation for every American worker…
One Trillion Dollars can pay everyone’s income tax for the next 8 years…
One Trillion Dollars can build homes for 7 million people…
One Trillion Dollars can pay for the entire inflation-adjusted cost of the New Deal…
One Trillion Dollars can pay only one tenth of the total estimated cost of the bailout.
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