You're wondering too right? When we hear talks about "bailouts" "stimulus packages" or here in the third world "fertilizer fund", it seems like these people are tossing the humongous numbers like doggie treats. PageTutor.com made a test drive using Google Sketchup to try and get a drift of what exactly a million/billion/trillion dollars look like.
This is $10,000. A packet of one hundred $100 bills is less than 1/2" thick, already good for making friends!
This is $1,000,000. Believe it or not! 100 packets of $10,000. You could just stuff this into a grocery bag and walk around with it. But make sure you're not in Recto
While a measly $1 million looked a little unimpressive, $100 million is a little more respectable. It fits neatly on a standard pallet, this pictures how muchPinoy poilticians are stealing from the kaban ng bayan
This is $1Billion. Multiply by n and that's the life of the Ayalas, the Zobels, the Tans, the Sys et. al. Also the life of druglords here!
This is $1TRILLION. A billion dollars is 10 pallets of stacked $100 bills…and this is a trillion, all double-stacked pallets. Notice the person in the lower left corner. He's like an ant now. Like how the rich see the poor! Joke.
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