How much money have they stole from us? My god!
(www.reuters.com)
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I have a fun method for visualizing large sums of money...
1 million in $100 bills fits in a briefcase, Used wisely, that's enough for a family of four to be modestly set up for life.
100 million is a pallet. 400 people set for life.
1 billion is 10 pallets. It fits in a small shipping container, 4000 people. 2.3B is also a milestone for me; it covers one Yankee stadium, or 1 Vegas sphere. That's 1 semi truck plus three pickups with one pallet each.
A large train car, double stacked, holds four small containers (4B). 16,000 people.
10 train cars (40B), 160,000 people. A medium sized city, set for life.
Average train carries about 100 cars (400B), so 1.6 million people, set for life. 10 small cities.
The west has sent 5T, just to Africa, since the 70's, iirc. That's 12.5 TRAINS OF CASH! 20 million people, set for life. 125 small cities, SET FOR LIFE. 2173 Yankee stadiums.
Large container ships hold about 20,000 small containers. So one container ship holds about 20T. 80 million people, set for life. 500 small cities or almost 10 NYC's, set for life.
Vaccines plus cancer is about 300B per year, iirc. 7.5 cities, set for life, every year. 130 Yankee stadiums.
Sauces.... https://www.trainconductorhq.com/how-long-is-a-train/ https://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/List_of_largest_container_ships
Thanks, bro, for the visualization!
No problem. It really helps me.
100 million saved is one pallet of cash. The debt is measured in cargo ships full of cash.
Like someone who is in debt for millions skipping a cup coffee.
Wish I could have just one briefcase, though. Maybe the billion dollar lotto numbers will come calling soon!