One Trillion is such a huge number, most people can’t even picture it. Let me help.
Look at this and then multiply it by seven.
Only then will you begin to understand how serious this is.
CNS News reported. Hat tip to Hot Air.
$7,060,259,674,497.51–Federal Debt Up $7 Trillion Under Obama
The total federal debt of the U.S. government has now increased more than $7 trillion during the slightly more than five and a half years Barack Obama has been president.
That is more than the debt increased under all U.S. presidents from George Washington through Bill Clinton combined, and it is more debt than was accumulated in the first 227 years of this nation’s existence–from 1776 through 2003.
The total federal debt first passed the $7-trillion mark on Jan. 15, 2004, after President George W. Bush had been in office almost three years.
Here’s another visual aid: