U.S. Debt Clock - Real-Time Running Numbers

March 17th, 2010. Published under U.S. National Debt Clock. No Comments.

The National Debt  - These numbers are way above my comprehension!  

 

Here are a couple of sites on the numbers and also excerpts from tysknews.com on the difference between a million, a billion, a trillion?

What’s the difference between a million, a billion, a trillion?

A million seconds is 12 days.
A billion seconds is 31 years.
A trillion seconds is 31,688 years.

A million minutes ago was – 1 year, 329 days, 10 hours and 40 minutes ago.
A billion minutes ago was just after the time of Christ.

A million hours ago was in 1885.
A billion hours ago man had not yet walked on earth.

A million dollars ago was five (5) seconds ago at the U.S. Treasury.
A billion dollars ago was late yesterday afternoon at the U.S. Treasury.
[Note: this was pre-Obama]

A trillion dollars is so large a number that only politicians
can use the term in conversation… probably because they
seldom think about what they are really saying. I’ve read that
mathematicians do not even use the term trillion!
Here is some perspective on TRILLION:

 Trillion = 1,000,000,000,000.
The country has not existed for a trillion seconds.
Western civilization has not been around a trillion seconds.
One trillion seconds ago – 31,688 years – Neanderthals stalked the plains of Europe.

Million: 1,000,000
Billion: 1,000,000,000
Trillion: 1,000,000,000,000
Quintillion: 1,000,000,000,000,000,000
Sextillion: 1,000,000,000,000,000,000,000
Nonillion: 1,000,000,000,000,000,000,000,000,000,000
Centillion: 1 followed by 303 zeros

www.tysknews.com

 

If you want to see really big numbers in many categories, this is a real-time U.S. National Debt Clock that will boggle your mind.  If you want to see every category under the sun with real-time running numbers - click on their link below.  Warning - it might make you very sick to look! 

http://www.usdebtclock.org/

Another very interesting site regarding the National Debt and Truth in Elections 2010.

From their About page:

Do you know the truth about our federal financial situation?

It isn’t pretty. But we have to face the truth—or we could face disaster.

The Truth in 2010 campaign aims to get presidential candidates, opinion leaders, and voters engaged in a crucial issue for our country’s future: our massive, troubling, and often-ignored government debt. The United States is deeply in debt, plagued with dubious accounting standards, and saddled with massive unfunded obligations. Each of these issues will have a long-term impact on our nation’s future freedoms, standard of living, and on each of our lives.

That’s why we need your help. With Truth in 2010, we aim to bring the truth back into the national debate—and to stop our politicians from sweeping this issue under the rug.

Learn more about our nation’s financial mess—and how it will impact you—here.

Truth in 2010 is sponsored by the Institute for Truth in Accounting (IFTA), an organization dedicated to promoting honest, accurate, and transparent accounting at all levels of government. As a non-partisan, non-profit organization, the IFTA works to expose accounting deficiencies while promoting better, more accessible delivery of accurate government financial data—and, in turn, providing a foundation for more informed public policy.

Our nation faces profound financial challenges that will require bold leadership, citizen engagement, and tough decisions. Without accurate financial information, none of these is possible. The IFTA provides its expertise to develop more effective accounting standards and deliver accurate government financial information to policymakers, opinion leaders, and citizens so that they can work for a more secure financial future.

For more information on the IFTA, click here.