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Posted by Steve Matz (Member # 1890) on 10-06-2014, 01:55 PM:

Hundred Dollar Bills are banded in $10,000 packs (100 Bills)

$10,000 packs of 100 Dollar Bills stacked to equal 0ne Trillion Dollars. Our Countries Debt is equal to almost 18 of these [Eek!]

That's the Statue of Liberty in Scale to height of stacked Money

Posted by Steve Kraus (Member # 476) on 10-06-2014, 02:23 PM:

The debt ceiling is stupid and should not exist. No, that doesn't mean I advocate spending without end and racking up huge deficits. But the time to think about that is when the budget is done. When the bills come due, they MUST be paid. PERIOD. Promises have been made and must be kept.

Just like time to consider your own finances is when you are shopping not when the credit card bill comes in. I really resent the GOP creating artificial crises out of what used to be a routine housekeeping matter (raising the debt ceiling).

For those confused by this, please realize the government does not just print money. Not in a literal sense nor in the sense of pretending the checking account is bottomless. When revenue from taxes and other fees are not enough to pay bills we issue debt, T-bills, Savings Bonds, in effect taking out loans.

I wish the next time the GOP fabricated a crisis by taking us to the edge I wish the president...any president at the time...would sit down and explain this in a speech and then point out how he (she) has taken an oath to uphold the Constitution and right now there are two things in conflict, one is the debt ceiling which is an ordinary law and the other is the budgets where we have promised to pay for certain things which is also an ordinary law so he (she) must defer to the Constitution which says something about the full faith and credit of the the US Government.

Therefore he (she) will order the Treasury to continue to issue debt to pay these bills. If someone wants to take that to the Supreme Court (and they surely will) and the Supremes order Treasury to stop that means they would be putting the debt ceiling law above the various budgets that created the bills that need to be paid and they do so in defiance of the Constitution. Therefore it would be the Supremes putting us in default and destroying the faith and credit of the US in the eyes of the world.

Posted by Lyle Romer (Member # 1266) on 10-06-2014, 08:47 PM:

Steve,

#1 There is a forum rule against discussing politics
#2 The original post was a cool illustration and a statement of fact about the size of the debt, not a political discussion.
#3 The debt ceiling isn't even the news at this time so where did your rant come from?

Posted by Steve Matz (Member # 1890) on 10-06-2014, 10:35 PM:

No one is ranting about anything; I put a post up to show what a Trillion Dollars looks like in Scale. Quit being another one of these Forum Cops. If the post bothers you than go to another one that doesn't...

Posted by James Westbrook (Member # 3690) on 10-07-2014, 01:22 AM:

A trillion ANYTHING is going to be massive, yet we throw "trillions" out, verbally, like it's nothing.
I love how the Statue of Liberty is craning her head.
And the yahoos we elect need to do their damn job.

Posted by Marcel Birgelen (Member # 6801) on 10-07-2014, 04:15 AM:

While it looks impressive, it's obviously as relevant as how a trillion dollars look in quarters or even cents...

It's not the huge pile of paper that gives this its intrinsic value, most of the money in circulation those days is just a bunch of numbers in some machines anyway.

Posted by Lyle Romer (Member # 1266) on 10-07-2014, 05:10 AM:

quote: Steve Matz
No one is ranting about anything; I put a post up to show what a Trillion Dollars looks like in Scale. Quit being another one of these Forum Cops. If the post bothers you than go to another one that doesn't...

I wasn't talking about you, I was talking about the reply from the other Steve.

I'm only being a "Forum Cop" because the other Steve broke the FORUM RULES that Brad posted. When a particular type of discussion isn't allowed, people with opposing views can't debate the issue because it is against the rules. That's why I pointed it out.

Posted by Leo Enticknap (Member # 534) on 10-07-2014, 08:56 AM:

"Infographics" seem to be coming back into fashion as a way of making political (and other) statements. They are nothing new, though.

Posted by Steve Kraus (Member # 476) on 10-07-2014, 12:46 PM:

I'm too late to edit/remove my post. Please....don't read! [Shrug]

Posted by Steve Matz (Member # 1890) on 10-07-2014, 02:44 PM:

Sorry Lyle,Just got my Feathers Ruffled; No Harm,No Foul! [Wink]