We hear politicians use the number 1 Trillion quite often. It's also close to the dollar amount of the new stimulus package. No this isn't a thread to discuss whether we agree or disagree with the package. Put politics and differences aside for a minute and think about this one.
Let's use the figure of 1 million (1,000,000) Many of us understand how much a million dollars is. If we were to make $100,000 per year we would earn 1 million in just ten years.
Now lets look at the figure of 1 billion (1,000,000,000) This is 1 million X 1000. That's a whole boatload of cash. To put it in perspective if we were to make that same salary, $100,000 per year, it would take us 10,000 years before we ever earned 1 billion.
Now the scary part, the part that is hard for us to grasp. How much is 1 Trillion? Well 1 Trillion is 1 Billion X 1,000. To put it in perspective that is 1 million x 1 million. That is 1,000,000,000,000 yep twelve zeros on that bad boy. To put it in perspective if we were to make that same salary of $100,000 per year we would have to work 10 million years to earn 1 Trillion Dollars.
Yeah, it kind of makes your head spin to grasp just how big a number 1 Trillion is.
Let's use the figure of 1 million (1,000,000) Many of us understand how much a million dollars is. If we were to make $100,000 per year we would earn 1 million in just ten years.
Now lets look at the figure of 1 billion (1,000,000,000) This is 1 million X 1000. That's a whole boatload of cash. To put it in perspective if we were to make that same salary, $100,000 per year, it would take us 10,000 years before we ever earned 1 billion.
Now the scary part, the part that is hard for us to grasp. How much is 1 Trillion? Well 1 Trillion is 1 Billion X 1,000. To put it in perspective that is 1 million x 1 million. That is 1,000,000,000,000 yep twelve zeros on that bad boy. To put it in perspective if we were to make that same salary of $100,000 per year we would have to work 10 million years to earn 1 Trillion Dollars.
Yeah, it kind of makes your head spin to grasp just how big a number 1 Trillion is.