US Economic Stimulus Plan – Or How Much is $850,000,000,000.00?

First, the InvestmentBuddy thinks that the US should pass a simple law to keep everything in perspective.  Call things like you see them.  We should take the words “billions” and “trillions” out of the dictionary.  Most Americans have a concept of what a million dollars is.  Your can relate it to a very large home.  A few of million buys your community a new drugstore, ballpark, bridge, library, etc.

If we had to describe a billion as “a thousand million dollars”  then $850,000,000,000 would be 850 thousand million dollars! That is about $6,800 for every working American.  The Investment Buddy would rather have the cash.  That would boost the economy this quarter!