DEBT: Our large national debt

The Earth is approximately 132 million feet in circumference. A trillion-dollar bills laid end to end is 500 billion feet and will circle the earth 38,882 times. Forty trillion bills would circle the earth 155,280 times.

A million dollars in $100 bills weighs 22 pounds. A billion dollars in $100s weighs 22,000 pounds. A trillion in $100s weighs 22 million pounds. Forty trillion in $100s weighs 880 million pounds or 440 thousand tons, equal to four nuclear-powered aircraft carriers plus 286 M1A main battle tanks.

What a legacy our politicians have prepared for future generations.

RAY GODDARD

Emida