|US Debt Ceiling Visualized in $100 Bills|
|United States owes a lot of money. As of 2012, US debt is larger than the size of the economy. The debt ceiling is currently set at $16.394 Trillion and approaching rapidly.
To see current debt live visit US Debt Clock.
|One Hundred Dollars|
|$100 - Most counterfeited money denomination in the world.
Keeps the world moving.
|Ten Thousand Dollars|
|$10,000 - Enough for a great vacation or to buy a used car.
Approximately one year of work for the average human on earth.
|One Million Dollars|
|$1,000,000 - Not as big of a pile as you thought, huh?
Still, this is 92 years of work for the average human on earth.
|One Hundred Million Dollars|
|$100,000,000 - Plenty to go around for everyone.
Fits nicely on an ISO / Military standard sized pallet.
The couch is made from $46.7 million of crispy $100 bills.
|$100 Million Dollars = 1 year of work for 3500 average Americans|
|Here are 2000 people standing shoulder to shoulder, looking for a job.
The Federal Reserve's mandate is to maintain price stability and low unemployment.
The Federal Reserve prints money based on the assumption that increasing money supply will boost jobs.
|One Billion Dollars|
|$1,000,000,000 - You will need some help when robbing the bank.
Interesting fact: $1 million dollars weighs 10kg exactly.
You are looking at 10 tons of money on those pallets.
|One Trillion Dollars|
The 2011 US federal deficit was $1.412 Trillion - 41% more than you see here.
If you spent $1 million a day since Jesus was born, you would have not spent $1 trillion by now...
but ~$700 billion- same amount the banks got during bailout.
|One Trillion Dollars|
Comparison of $1,000,000,000,000 dollars to a standard sized American Football field.
You can see the White House with both wings to the right.
"My reading of history convinces me that most bad government results from too much government." - Thomas Jefferson
|US Debt Ceiling - $16.394 Trillion in 2013|
The US debt ceiling limit D-Day is estimated for September 14, 2012. US Debt has now surpassed the size of US economy in 2011-- rated @ $15,064 Trillion.
“I predict future happiness for Americans if they can prevent the government from wasting the labors of the people under the pretense of taking care of them.” - Thomas Jefferson
|122.1 Trillion Dollars|
$122,100,000,000,000. - US unfunded liabilities by Dec 31, 2012.
"This is when you need to remember that when a nation's economy collapses, the wealth of the nation doesn't disappear, it only changes hands."