The year is 1772. Several of the soon to be founding fathers, including George Washington are assembled in a small tavern outside of Philadelphia to discuss the Gaspee affair which just recently occured off the shores of New England. Suddenly George pulls out a $100 dollar bill and slams it on the table.
Then George slams another on the table and another. The group looks stunned. Bam!, another, and another. It seems every second George slams another hundred on the table. Bam! another, slam! another. They ask, "George what is this, what are you doing?", he responds "I am paying a bribe". " A bribe" they respond, " yes, a bribe", George utters as he slams another and another upon the table.
For you see, George will need to slam a $100 dollar bill on the table EVERY SINGLE SECOND FOR THE NEXT 238 YEARS in order to pay the con artist on wall street the 750 billion dollars we just GAVE them.
BAM! BAM! BAM!, $100 bucks every second for 238 years. That my friends is what 750 billion dollars is.
I didnt have the heart to let the founding fathers know we also guaranteed and backed 4.5 TRILLION dollars to this same con artist. If I did, they may not of even bothered to create this country.
So I hope this kind of puts in perspective just how much money we are talking here.