A pity they spent all that money on those wars that might have been directed to something useful.

Now throw all that into a huge swimming pool.

And imagine the banker clique having a pool party.

Yay.

A pity they spent all that money on those wars that might have been directed to something useful.

Fuckin-AMEN.

The Iraq war has cost the US 50-60 times more than the Bush administration predicted and was a central cause of the sub-prime banking crisis threatening the world economy, according to Nobel Prize-winning economist Joseph Stiglitz.

So if anyone would like to get on their high horse about unimaginable sums of money wasted, please feel free ride that horse straight to George W. Bush's door in Texas.

Seriously. Saddle up.

Hi-Ho, Silver!

Actually I'm kind of surprised at how small that picture makes the money look. It's not that big. I am not the most numerate person you ever met, so I was picturing, like, football stadia full of moolah. Instead it kind of looks like the last day of summer camp when everyone stacks up their trunks and duffel bags.

Interesting to consider 'biggest denominations'. In the US it's $100; here in the UK it's £50 (and I think I've seen four £50 notes in my life).

In the euro zone, though, there's a 500 euro note (worth over £400 at current rates), meaning that a trillion euros would take up one-fifth of the space occupied by a trillion dollars.

I hope I never own a 500 euro note - I'd be in constant fear of losing it.

For someone whose just seen a Dollar Bill, I used to keep it as a souvenir in my wallet, to see a Trillion Dollars stacked like that--it looks huge. I hope they make good use of it--and it goes to the people who deserve it.