9.7 Trillion & Counting

BRT was wrong (again). It's not just 7.76 trillion dollars gone, it's now 9.7 and counting. The pix above is out of date but it's the thought that counts, right?

"The stimulus package the U.S. Congress is completing would raise the government’s commitment to solving the financial crisis to $9.7 trillion, enough to pay off more than 90 percent of the nation’s home mortgages

The $9.7 trillion in pledges would be enough to send a $1,430 check to every man, woman and child alive in the world. It’s 13 times what the U.S. has spent so far on wars in Iraq and Afghanistan, according to Congressional Budget Office data, and is almost enough to pay off every home mortgage loan in the U.S., calculated at $10.5 trillion by the Federal Reserve.

We are in such deep sh*t. If I felt up to it, I would calculate how many box cars it would take to handle 9.7 trillion dollars in $100s. The weight would also be staggering. To see how much volume and weight 15 billion dollars takes up, click Show Me the Money.