I found this some time back over at PageTutor which is a nice site if like me, you work with websites. They have great tutorials and resources. Anyhow this is something that they did back in 2009. With the national debt almost doubled now you are in for a real shock.
Anyhow we hear everyday where the government is spending a few 100 Million here, a few Billion there, a couple Trillion way over there and, have you ever wondered what one Trillion dollars would look like? Well PageTutor did a very good job using scaled graphics and dimensions to give what I think is the best representation of what this much money would look like in $100 dollar bills. Now this is going to be one of those scroll down things so once you get to the bottom and recover from the shock of want a Trillion looks like, be sure to click on the link on the lower left and see what 11 Trillion looks like which was our national debt in 2009. Now it’s a bit north of 17 Trillion so, in your mind you can imagine this enormous stack almost doubled!
Now after you see this you will understand why I think it is time to cut up the National Credit Card!