A great illustration of just how big a trillion is

I really like illustrations of how to visualize what large numbers really mean: Here's a good one taken from the attached article. "Now, how to portray a trillion, or 1,000 billions. One trillion seconds ago much of North America was still covered by ice sheets hundreds of feet thick. And the land was dotted by only a few dozen Starbuck's."

New national debt data: It's growing about $3 million a minute, even during his vacation

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Democrat Obama has increased the national debt faster than any president in history.