Representation of US Debt With $100 Bills (9 pics)
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- 28 Jul, 2011 |
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The whole world is waiting for August 2 when U.S. could default on its spending obligations if the compromise between Congress and Obama wouldn't happen. Let's see how large the US national debt actually is, using the well-known $100 bill.
100 dollars
10,000 dollars
One million dollars
100 million dollars
One billion dollars
One trillion dollars
Please note that this is composed of two floors of pallets, for $ 100 million each. Football field and 747-400 for comparison.
15 trillion dollars. This is almost the US debt now.
Near is The Statue of Liberty for comparison.
And here are 114.5 trillion dollars. This is US unfunded liabilities. The 114.5 Trillion dollar super-skyscraper is the amount of money the U.S. Government knows it does not have to fully fund the Medicare, Medicare Prescription Drug Program, Social Security, Military and civil servant pensions.
