Saturday , 9 November 2024

Oh My GAWD! This Infographic on U.S. Debt Is Frightening (+3K Views)

LOOK! Everyone needs to see this. United States owes a lot of money. As of 2012, US debt is larger than the size of the economy. The debt ceiling is currently set at $16.394 Trillion, estimated to be hit around Sep 14, 2012. In the infographic below that enormous amount is illustrated in $100 bills. It’s frightening! Words: 605

 The infographic below by www.demonocracy.info is brought to you by Lorimer Wilson, editor of www.munKNEE.com (Your Key to Making Money!)
One Hundred Dollars
$100 – Most counterfeited money denomination in the world.
Keeps the world moving.

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 Ten Thousand Dollars
$10,000 – Enough for a great vacation or to buy a used car.
Approximately one year of work for the average human on earth.

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 One Million Dollars
$1,000,000 – Not as big of a pile as you thought, eh?
Still this is 92 years of work for the average human on earth.

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 One Hundred Million Dollars
$100,000,000 – Plenty to go around for everyone.
Fits nicely on an ISO / Military standard sized pallet.The couch below is worth $46.7 million. Made out of crispy $100 bills.

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 One Billion Dollars
$1,000,000,000 – You will need some help when robbing the bank.
Interesting fact: $1 million dollars weights 10kg exactly.
You are looking at 10 tons of money on those pallets below.

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 One Trillion Dollars
$1,000,000,000,000
The 2011 US federal deficit was $1.412 Trillion– 41% more than you see here. If you spent $1 million a day since Jesus was born, you would have not spent $1 trillion by now…but ~$700 billion- same amount the banks got during bailout.

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 One Trillion Dollars
Comparison of $1,000,000,000,000 dollars to a standard sized American football field.
Say hello to the Boeing 747-400 transcontinental airliner that’s hiding in the back. This was until recently the biggest passenger plane in the world. You can see the White House with both wings to the right.”My reading of history convinces me that most bad government results from too much government.” – Thomas Jefferson

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 $16.394 Trillion – 2012 US Debt Ceiling
The U.S. debt ceiling limit D-Day is estimated for September 14, 2012. US Debt has now surpassed the size of US economy in 2011– rated @ $15,064 Trillion. The Statue of Liberty below seems rather worried as United States national debt is soon to pass 20% of the entire world’s combined economy (GDP / Gross Domestic Product).“I predict future happiness for Americans if they can prevent the government from wasting the labors of the people under the pretense of taking care of them.” – Thomas Jefferson

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122.1 Trillion Dollars
$122,100,000,000,000. – US unfunded liabilities by Dec 31, 2012.Above you can see the pillar of cold hard $100 bills that dwarfs the WTC & Empire State Building – both at one point world’s tallest buildings.
If you look carefully you can see the Statue of Liberty.The 122.1 Trillion dollar super-skyscraper wall is the amount of money the U.S. Government knows it does not have to fully fund the Medicare, Medicare Prescription Drug Program, Social Security, Military and civil servant pensions. It is the money USA knows it will not have to pay all its bills.
If you live in USA this is also your personal credit card bill; you are responsible along with everyone else to pay this back. The citizens of USA created the U.S. Government to serve them, this is what the U.S. Government has done while serving The People.The unfunded liability is calculated on current tax and funding inputs, and future demographic shifts in US Population.Note: On the above 122.1T image the size of the bases of the money stacks are $10 billion, and 400 stories @ $4 trillion”It is incumbent on every generation to pay its own debts as it goes. A principle which if acted on would save one-half the wars of the world.” – Thomas Jefferson

Everyone needs to see this.

Source: Federal Reserve & www.USdebtclock.org – visit it to see the debt in real time and get a better grasp of this amazing number.

*http://demonocracy.info/infographics/usa/us_debt/us_debt.html

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