...Boy, are we 'skrewed'...

**dsli_jon** · 03-16-2009, 20:03

...friend in 'the biz' sent me this link...

(sorry about the pop-ups at the site...)

http://www.pagetutor.com/trillion/index.html

...no wonder we're in such a mess... how-many X of-these got spent on ferreting-out the *WMDs*???

... and now, you've got 'AIG's giving their 'Big Boys' more bux in 'bonuses' than most-people will spend on eating / living, in a lifetime???

...Suddenly, 'living in el Salvador' doesn't sound so 'crazy' anymore...

peace...
j

**Lasernerd** · 03-16-2009, 20:06

wow

cool perspective

**allthatwhichis** · 03-16-2009, 20:15

About a soccer field...

**Laser Ben** · 03-16-2009, 20:29

I think that last picture is wrong. I count the volume as being 50 x 150 x 2 which is 1.5 trillion compared to the 1 billion mark.

Either way, it is a lot of money!!!

**drlava** · 03-16-2009, 20:59

Originally Posted by Laser Ben

I think that last picture is wrong. I count the volume as being 50 x 150 x 2 which is 1.5 trillion compared to the 1 billion mark.

Either way, it is a lot of money!!!

it's 50x100x2

**dave** · 03-16-2009, 21:38

Whilst that puts it in perspective, I still have trouble grasping the concept of so much money

**Laser Zone** · 03-17-2009, 07:43

Can anybody say ''HYPERINFLATION'' !!!

**soforene** · 03-17-2009, 07:45

Hyperflamation.

Hyperflintation.

Hyperfinstation.

errrr.. No I can't.

**daedal** · 03-17-2009, 08:34

Well... I don't think there really are that many bills in circulation... it's all virtual. I could be wrong though...

Looking here:
http://www.federalreserve.gov/releas...current/h6.htm

I see that we have ~839 billion in circulation world-wide... Someone correct me if I'm reading this wrong please.

--DDL

**daedal** · 03-17-2009, 08:37

From:
http://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Money_supply

M1: currency in circulation + checkable deposits (checking deposits, officially called demand deposits, and other deposits that work like checking deposits) + traveler's checks. M1 represents the assets that strictly conform to the definition of money: assets that can be used to pay for a good or service or to repay debt. Although checks linked to checking deposits are gradually becoming less popular, debit cards linked to these deposits are becoming more popular. Like checks, debit cards, as a means to complete a transaction through their links to checkable deposits, can also be considered as a form of money.[8]

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