A dollar isn’t much these days…
So, when you hear that our government is in the middle of spending $6 trillion that it doesn’t have, you might wonder: How much is a trillion dollars?
Here’s one way to get a sense of it (from Tom G):
1 million seconds = 11.57 days
1 billion seconds = 31.7 years
1 trillion seconds = 31,700 years
Notes From My Journal
A dollar isn’t much these days…
So, when you hear that our government is in the middle of spending $6 trillion that it doesn’t have, you might wonder: How much is a trillion dollars?
Here’s one way to get a sense of it (from Tom G):
1 million seconds = 11.57 days
1 billion seconds = 31.7 years
1 trillion seconds = 31,700 years
Understanding The Staggering Scale Of A Trillion Dollars
A dollar isn’t much these days…
So, when you hear that our government is in the middle of spending $6 trillion that it doesn’t have, you might wonder: How much is a trillion dollars?
Here’s one way to get a sense of it (from Tom G):
1 million seconds = 11.57 days
1 billion seconds = 31.7 years
1 trillion seconds = 31,700 years