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21,175 Tons of $100 bills
Remember all that missing Cash in Iraq? $12 Billion on innumerable pallets of crisp new $100 bills in nice shrink wrapped bundles weighing a whopping 363 Tons.
Remember all those adjectives? Astounding. Staggering. Incomprehensible. All that cash flushed down the Iraqi toilet.
Well the new toilet is Wall Street and the new amount is $700 Billion.
That's 21,175 Tons of $100 Bills!
That's 42,350,000 Pounds of $100 Bills!!
That's over 622 Truck and Trailer Loads of $100 Bills!!!
That's . . . . .
Words fail.
Remember all those adjectives? Astounding. Staggering. Incomprehensible. All that cash flushed down the Iraqi toilet.
Well the new toilet is Wall Street and the new amount is $700 Billion.
That's 21,175 Tons of $100 Bills!
That's 42,350,000 Pounds of $100 Bills!!
That's over 622 Truck and Trailer Loads of $100 Bills!!!
That's . . . . .
Words fail.
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it's just paper. it's faith based economics, and if we don't all BELIEVE, (especially the chinese, major holders of your debt) then the shit hits.
October 2, 2008 3:18 PM | Reply | Permalink