Millions, Billions, and Trillions

[Pstreet1 Senior Member Find all posts View Profile Close Pstreet1]

The true size of our borrowing is hard to comprehend. News stories are filled with enormous sums of money, and few people really grasp the difference between millions, billions, and trillions. To put these numbers in perspective, consider this:

A million seconds is about 12 days.
A billion seconds is 31 years.
And a trillion seconds? 31,000 years.

[Joe L Senior Member Find all posts View Profile Close Joe L]

I'm not sure what point you are trying to make.

[Spence Super Moderator Find all posts View Profile Close Spence]

The true size of our borrowing is hard to comprehend. News stories are filled with enormous sums of money, and few people really grasp the difference between millions, billions, and trillions. To put these numbers in perspective, consider this:

A million seconds is about 12 days.
A billion seconds is 31 years.
And a trillion seconds? 31,000 years.

I'm not sure what point you are trying to make.

1 - A trillion is a lot more than a million
2 - the USA is a debtor nation, big time.

[Jya-Ning Silver Contributor Find all posts View Profile Close Jya-Ning]

2006 personal income tax total collect 1 trillion.

As I said before, the current stimulus package is look so pal. It probably most effective if it just declare all personal income tax for the next 2 years will become tax credit for paying future year tax, it may work better.

The way the money is print and borrow, future 1 trillion maybe the same as 10 B today in 10 years. (That is pure joke).

Jya-Ning