With "million", "billion", and "trillion" being thrown around in the news constantly, I thought it would be important to add a little perspective.
What is a million? What is a billion...and a trillion?
Let's use age as a perspective. When a baby is born, how long does it take for that baby to live a million seconds?
The baby would be approximately 11 days old.
How long does it take for that baby to live a billion seconds?
The baby would be 31.7 years old when it has lived for a billion seconds.
What about a trillion seconds? How old would that baby be alive if it lived for a trillion seconds?
The baby would be 31,709 years old. That's an old baby.
Interesting stuff to keep in mind when thinking about our $14 trillion debt...and increasing by $3.81 billion per day.
One more thing--if every man, woman, and child had to pay down our debt, how many dollars per person would that be? $46,149.96 (that's using an estimated population of 311,043,303).
My daughter better start charging more at her lemonade stand.
What is a million? What is a billion...and a trillion?
Let's use age as a perspective. When a baby is born, how long does it take for that baby to live a million seconds?
The baby would be approximately 11 days old.
How long does it take for that baby to live a billion seconds?
The baby would be 31.7 years old when it has lived for a billion seconds.
What about a trillion seconds? How old would that baby be alive if it lived for a trillion seconds?
The baby would be 31,709 years old. That's an old baby.
Interesting stuff to keep in mind when thinking about our $14 trillion debt...and increasing by $3.81 billion per day.
One more thing--if every man, woman, and child had to pay down our debt, how many dollars per person would that be? $46,149.96 (that's using an estimated population of 311,043,303).
My daughter better start charging more at her lemonade stand.
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