Comments on: Public Service: Visualizing a Trillion

By: DonaldM

DonaldM — Mon, 27 Apr 2009 16:08:58 +0000

The late Sen. Everett Dirksen once famously said

A billion here, a billion there, and pretty soon you’re talking about real money.

Taking inflation into account since he said this, perhaps billion ought to be changed to trillion.

By: William Wallace

William Wallace — Mon, 27 Apr 2009 05:57:55 +0000

I wonder if those who whined about the Reagan deficits will complain about any of this?

By: Lutepisc

Lutepisc — Sun, 26 Apr 2009 19:33:22 +0000

Wow. A billion iPhone apps downloaded from the Apple App Store as of 4/24.

Now…on to a trillion!

By: DATCG

DATCG — Sun, 26 Apr 2009 18:24:14 +0000

In per-capita terms, what this Admin is doing to our nation is criminal.

Of course, being financed by a convited felon in France, George Soros, it does not surprise me. Soros wanta America to be weaker and his crooked billionaire wishes have been granted.

Meanwhile as a pay for play scam, Soros gets IndyBank as a gift.

By: David Kellogg

David Kellogg — Sun, 26 Apr 2009 16:56:18 +0000

NPR has a nice graphic that does that here

By: mauka

mauka — Sun, 26 Apr 2009 04:21:13 +0000

Of course when dealing with the economy a better strategy is to view the numbers in per-capita terms, or better yet as a percentage of GDP.