A billion here, a billion there, and pretty soon you’re talking real money.
Sen. Everett Dirksen (R-Illinois)
The Big Apple
(1896-1969)
All this talk about "stimulus packages" and "bailouts"...Check THIS out:
A billion dollars...
A hundred billion dollars...
Eight hundred billion dollars...
One TRILLION dollars... What does that look like?
• What does one TRILLION dollars look like?So the next time you hear someone toss around the phrase "trillion dollars"... that's what they're talking about.
A Weber County Tip O' the Hat to Gentle Reader Larry for the tip.
5 comments:
That is a grundle of abstraction, surely.
Wow, you know I had no idea that one trillion was such a large amount, but thanks to your cartoon now I do! Thanks Weber County Forum! :)
Speaking of Sen. Dirksen....
Can anyone name the popular song he recorded as a cover in the 60's.
This is real trivia. No googling til we get an answer off the cuff.
And that recording was the B-side to what?
oops , my bad....
Should have googled it myself. It was an impressionist.
Just playin by the rules.
I guess I was too young to realize it wasn't the real senator. Anyway, I remember that song everytime I see his name having owned the record along with the original and popular versions.
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