Ever wonder what the U.S. deficit looks like?

[INMIline]

I did, but could only find one trillion. But you can get a good idea of what $14,000,000,000,000 looks like

What does one TRILLION dollars look like?

 

[Sylvain]

Interesting link.
I wouldnt mind having just one of those pallets.

 

[NYFelon]

seen it before. Yet it still never ceases to infuriate me how these leeches in D.C> talk about spending trillions like they were grabbing a pack of juicy fruit at 7-11.

 

[Sylvain]

seen it before. Yet it still never ceases to infuriate me how these leeches in D.C> talk about spending trillions like they were grabbing a pack of juicy fruit at 7-11.

What pissed me off the most is that regular folks like myself get a letter from their bank anytime they have a deficit of $20 and just have a few weeks to fix it.

Imagine the face of my banker if I had a deficit of 13 trillion.

 

[NYFelon]

Preaching to the choir love. Currently I enjoy a sizeable overdraft protection...but I recall the days when I was like ..."Shiznit...I hope my check clears before the one I wrote XXXXX comes back"

 

[trinitrotoluene85]

I currently work for a bank, and lets just say that the average person wouldn't be allowed to get over about $5000 in the negative. Large companies I've seen at my bank tens or hundreds of thousands in the negative at a time. Remember though that many companies operate in the red until the end of the year (Wal-Mart anyone?). The bank deems this acceptable because these accounts are always brought back to positive with fees and interest paid (highly profitable to the bank).

I've never seen a company six or seven figures in the negative at my bank, but it wouldn't surprise me.

I pay these companies and expect goods or services in return. Although I've paid the government for years (taxes), and have always gotten goods or services in return (public schools, law and order)... I have little faith this will continue for very long.