Millions, Billions, Trillions

The looters in Washington D.C. throw these numbers around as if there’s no difference between them. Use a word often enough and it loses its meaning.

How awesome was the last thing you heard described as “awesome?” - not so much, right?

How much is a million dollars, a billion dollars, or a trillion dollars? I wrote them out numerically to try to get a better sense of their true sizes.

One Million Dollars = $1,000,000
One Billion Dollars = $1,000,000,000
One Trillion Dollars = $1,000,000,000,000

That helps a little, but I want a more graphic example. I want to know…

"What does one trillion dollars look like?" and, “How big is an 11 trillion dollar national debt?”

Now that's Awesome.

Related: CNN - Is Trillion The New Billion?
Related: Politico - National Debt Hits Record $11 Trillion.