87 Billion Dollars

Tuesday, September 23rd, 2003

The GammaBlaBlog’s first attempt at political cartooning.

The prez wants $87,000,000,000 for "Iraq."
2,791 dollar bills make a stack one-foot-high.

Eighty-seven billion bills would stack 5,904 miles
high, and weigh 178 million pounds.

Ignoring practical factors like wind, orbital mechanics
and common sense, this column would exert eleven million pounds
per square inch at its base, piercing the earth to the core, creating
an awful mess.

Money facts via factmonster.com
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