Take a pallet (the kind lifted by a forklift) that is 4 ft x 4 ft and put 1 MILLION DOLLARS on the pallet. Then do the same with another pallet. Now you have 2 MILLION DOLLARS. Then do the same with another pallet. Now you have 3 pallets and 3 MILLION DOLLARS.
In order to put our National Debt onto pallets we would need 17 MILLION PALLETS each with 1 MILLION DOLLARS on each pallet. Are you starting to get the picture?
Our National Debt is a line of pallets sixty-eight Trillion lineal feet long (17 Trillion x 4 feet per pallet)
68,000,000,000,000 feet long
divided by 5280 feet per mile
= 12,878,787,878 miles
Our National Debt is equal to a line of pallets,
with 1 MILLION DOLLARS on each pallet
over 12 BILLION MILES LONG?
Assuming that I am correct
If you started walking from one end of our National Debt to the other (68,000,000,000,000 feet long) it would take you a little over 1,287,878 years to see the last Million dollar pallet at the end.
You have an oopsie in your calculations, Carpenter. “In order to put our national debt onto pallets, we woule need 17 million pallets, each with 1 million dollars on eaqch pallet.” Then, when you calculate the length of a line of such pallets you claim 17 trillion pallets.
17 million pallets x 4 feet would be 68 million feet or 12,878 and 3/4 miles long.
Area covered would be 68 million ft x 4 ft = 272 million square feet or just under 10 square miles. (1 sq mi = 27,878,400 sq ft)
“Mr. Obama….LEAVE THIS WHITE HOUSE !!” – Ronald Regan
Zombie Reagan? I like it
“Here comes the Boom!”
That’s 7 words……..
Could someone please check my math?
Take a pallet (the kind lifted by a forklift) that is 4 ft x 4 ft and put 1 MILLION DOLLARS on the pallet. Then do the same with another pallet. Now you have 2 MILLION DOLLARS. Then do the same with another pallet. Now you have 3 pallets and 3 MILLION DOLLARS.
In order to put our National Debt onto pallets we would need 17 MILLION PALLETS each with 1 MILLION DOLLARS on each pallet. Are you starting to get the picture?
Our National Debt is a line of pallets sixty-eight Trillion lineal feet long (17 Trillion x 4 feet per pallet)
68,000,000,000,000 feet long
divided by 5280 feet per mile
= 12,878,787,878 miles
Our National Debt is equal to a line of pallets,
with 1 MILLION DOLLARS on each pallet
over 12 BILLION MILES LONG?
Assuming that I am correct
If you started walking from one end of our National Debt to the other (68,000,000,000,000 feet long) it would take you a little over 1,287,878 years to see the last Million dollar pallet at the end.
OK here is a better illustration
Our National Debt in pallets of 1 Million dollars is
68,000,000,000,000 feet long (68 trillion lineal feet long)
x 4 feet wide (pallet)
= 272,000,000,000,000 square feet (272 trillion sq ft)
of pallets each covered with 1 MILLION DOLLARS
272.000.000.000.000 Square Feet
= 9,756,657 Square Miles
10 Million square miles?
That is enough to cover North America from sea to shining sea with MILLION DOLLAR pallets!
How is this even possible?
You have an oopsie in your calculations, Carpenter. “In order to put our national debt onto pallets, we woule need 17 million pallets, each with 1 million dollars on eaqch pallet.” Then, when you calculate the length of a line of such pallets you claim 17 trillion pallets.
17 million pallets x 4 feet would be 68 million feet or 12,878 and 3/4 miles long.
Area covered would be 68 million ft x 4 ft = 272 million square feet or just under 10 square miles. (1 sq mi = 27,878,400 sq ft)
Here’s another. Obama’s 5.4 trillion deficits is equal to a stack of dollar bills 532,670 THOUSAND miles tall.