Do not make the mistake of thinking that because my conclusion is the same as another person's that my reasoning is the same
Just to let you know
While sorting out lies about uranium, let's no forget lies about the budget.
As you listen to and read about budget deficits and such, and mind-boggling numbers like billions (1,000,000,000) and trillions (1,000,000,000,000) get bandied about, here's a couple of hints to help you wrap your mind around the depth of the hole we're being pushed into.
You know how much one hundred dollars is, right? And you know how thick a $100 bill is, right? Well, one million dollars is a stack of $100 bills a little more than a yard high. One billion dollars is a 1000 meter stack of $100 bills. That's a bit more than ten football fields. A trillion is a thousand of those stacks.
posted by Prometheus 6 at 7/15/2003 03:17:38 PM |
Posted by P6 at July 15, 2003 03:17 PM | Trackback URL: http://www.prometheus6.org/mt/mt-tb.cgi/1193