A trillion

2009 February 28
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by ejr

President Obama’s people outlined their budget proposal last week and part of it included a $1.75 trillion deficit.

Now I am not paying enough attention to comment on the budget or the deficit, but I did come across an explanation of just how big a trillion actually is.

To help grasp the enormity of this number, let’s think in seconds.

  • 1 million seconds is equal to 11.57 days
  • 1 billion seconds is equal to 31.71 years
  • 1 trillion seconds is equal to 31,709 years

A trillion is a big number.

~ejr~

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