How Much Is a Trillion?
How Much Is a Trillion?
The 2009 budget proposed by President Bush weighs in at $3.1 trillion. But just how big is a trillion, anyway? $1 trillion would be enough to buy about 1,000 boxes of Girl Scout cookies for every person in the U.S. Author David M. Schwartz weighs in how to wrap your head around really big numbers.
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The 2009 budget proposed by President Bush weighs in at $3.1 trillion. But just how big is a trillion, anyway? $1 trillion would be enough to buy about 1,000 boxes of Girl Scout cookies for every person in the U.S. Author David M. Schwartz weighs in how to wrap your head around really big numbers.
listen on line at: http://www.npr.org/templates/story/story.php?storyId=18801012
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