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Old 03-07-2009, 10:26 AM   #1
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Ever wonder what a trillion dollars looks like?

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

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Old 03-07-2009, 11:57 AM   #2
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Re: Ever wonder what a trillion dollars looks like?

Believe me, the old saying is true. The first trillion is the hardest.
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Old 03-07-2009, 12:26 PM   #3
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Re: Ever wonder what a trillion dollars looks like?

Some get the joy of spending it; others get the chore of paying it. This is insane.
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Old 03-07-2009, 01:28 PM   #4
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Re: Ever wonder what a trillion dollars looks like?

Turning into a political thread I'd say. Probably best to put a sock in this baby.
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Old 03-07-2009, 01:31 PM   #5
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Turning into a political thread I'd say. Probably best to put a sock in this baby.
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Old 03-07-2009, 01:50 PM   #6
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Re: Ever wonder what a trillion dollars looks like?

Lots of zeros! Several commas, too...
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Old 03-07-2009, 02:23 PM   #7
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Lots of zeros! Several commas, too...
and a 1.
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Old 03-07-2009, 03:05 PM   #8
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Originally Posted by Francisco d’Anconia (Atlas Shrugged)
“Watch money. Money is the barometer of a society’s virtue. When you see that trading is done, not by consent, but by compulsion—when you see that in order to produce, you need to obtain permission from men who produce nothing—when you see that money is flowing to those who deal, not in goods, but in favors—when you see that men get richer by graft and by pull than by work, and your laws don’t protect you against them, but protect them against you—when you see corruption being rewarded and honesty becoming a self-sacrifice—you may know that your society is doomed. Money is so noble a medium that is does not compete with guns and it does not make terms with brutality. It will not permit a country to survive as half-property, half-loot.
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