Citing the nation's $66 trillion deficit has almost no impact on most individuals because a trillion dollars is an amount so enormous that it is beyond the comprehension, or even the imagination of most people.
Thanks are due to the Cambridge Forum for providing the following fascinating illustration:
A $1 million stack of thousand dollar bills would be four inches high.
A $1 billion stack of thousand dollar bills would be 350 feet high.
A $1 trillion stack of thousand dollar bills would be 65 miles high.
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