http://donklephant.com/2007/01/17/12-trillion/ Big Teeth. Huge Ass. Surprisingly Reasonable. Tue, 14 Feb 2012 14:03:13 +0000 hourly 1 http://wordpress.org/?v=3.2.1 http://donklephant.com/2007/01/17/12-trillion/comment-page-1/#comment-192489 Jimmy the Dhimmi Sun, 21 Jan 2007 15:28:28 +0000 http://donklephant.com/2007/01/17/12-trillion/#comment-192489 1.2 trillion is worth the investment if it prevents terrorists from ascending to power across the Muslim world throughout this century. 1.2 trillion is worth the investment if it prevents terrorists from ascending to power across the Muslim world throughout this century.

]]> http://donklephant.com/2007/01/17/12-trillion/comment-page-1/#comment-189440 BenG Thu, 18 Jan 2007 02:42:13 +0000 http://donklephant.com/2007/01/17/12-trillion/#comment-189440 Ok, so after all that explanation I still don't have a better feel for how much $1 trillion is. So here's another way. You ever watch that show Deal or No Deal ? I know, mindless pastime but good family watching. Anyway, the top prize is a million bucks. Know how many people won? None yet, to my knowledge. But if the show played every night, and if a player went all the way and won the top prize each night of the week,and if that happened for about 3 years non-stop, week after week, month after month. But you'd only have $1 billion in total won by one thousand 'millionairs'. Do that 1000 more times and after bout 3 thousand years you'd have 100,000 millionairs with a total of $1 trillion won. Or you could have a war in Iraq, whatever... Does that help? I hope it's right, I was making dinner while writing this and didn't have time to check. Any accountants out there ? Ok, so after all that explanation I still don’t have a better feel for how much $1 trillion is. So here’s another way. You ever watch that show Deal or No Deal ? I know, mindless pastime but good family watching.
Anyway, the top prize is a million bucks. Know how many people won? None yet, to my knowledge. But if the show played every night, and if a player went all the way and won the top prize each night of the week,and if that happened for about 3 years non-stop, week after week, month after month. But you’d only have $1 billion in total won by one thousand ‘millionairs’. Do that 1000 more times and after bout 3 thousand years you’d have 100,000 millionairs with a total of $1 trillion won. Or you could have a war in Iraq, whatever…
Does that help? I hope it’s right, I was making dinner while writing this and didn’t have time to check. Any accountants out there ?

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