By P Chong

Mankind need to reinvent the wheel of fortune to accommodate such humongous sum of money. Millionaires are cheaper by the dozen, even billionaires are numerous these days. But can you visualise what a trillion is?

It’s easy to be a millionaire even starting off with just one dollar. Now if you can double the resulting amount every consecutive day, without any hassle, you’d end up with a million in just three weeks. This is only simple addition & not geometric progression or exponential.

In the initial stage, while the sum is relatively small, your capacity & ability will not be taxed. But when the figures build up . . . then where would you find the equivalent amount to double up? See illustration below:

1                                                                                   Day 1 starting off with 1 dollar

1 + 1 = 2

2 + 2 = 4

4 + 4 = 8

8 + 8 = 16

16 = 16 = 32

32 + 32 = 64

64 + 64 = 128

128 + 128 = 256

256 + 256 = 512                                                      By Day 10 easy to double up

512 + 512 = 1024=2^10                                                    By Day 11 in the thousand category

1024 + 1024 = 2048=2^11

2048 + 2048 = 4096

4096 + 4096 = 8192

8192 + 8192 = 16384

16384 + 16384 = 32768

32768 + 32768 = 65536

65536 + 65536 = 131072                                     Day 18 the amount is in the hundred of thousands

131072 + 131072 = 262144

262144 + 262144 = 524288

524288 + 524288 = 1048576                           By Day 21 . . . if you CAN . . . you’ll be a millionaire!

Ironically, thing can start small & slow . . . but it builds up very SUDDENLY. Conversely, a millionaire was once asked how he lost his fortune. He simply said, “ First slowly. Then suddenly!” Yes, money has that power to multiply & deplete very suddenly.

Another Specimen of One Trillion Dollars ?

Everybody is talking & arguing about stimulus and spending huge amounts of money like they’re throwing away loose change!

What we need is a way to visualise the differences between a million, a billion and a trillion. Something that’s easily visualised is time. If we use seconds as our denomination . . .

1 Million seconds = 11.570 days

1 Billion seconds = 31.709 years

1 Trillion seconds = 31,709.791 years

Thus I Trillion Years is forever.

Now convert that to money …. and as Washington & the Fed toss around BILLIONS AND TRILLIONS like it’s loose change, you’ll have a better & clearer perspective.

What the American face now, is worse than the Great Depression. This is Hyper-Depression! United States, once the strongest country in the world, is quickly becoming insolvent as its banking system remains under-capitalised, its savings depleted and the inevitable consequence of the trillions of money supply growth is hyperinflation.

The $100 Bill in General Circulation

Above: One Trillion Dollars. Notice the size of a man’s figure on the left corner!

Also notice those pallets are double stacked.
 . . and remember those are $100 bills.

So the next time you hear someone toss around the phrase “trillion dollars”. . . that’s what they’re talking about.

A Trillion is Forever!