It’s no secret the United States is heavily indebted to the rest of the world. But do you know how much we actually owe?

The total number is staggering. This visualization of the scale of America’s national debt should help. At the very least it will make you feel better about your own financial situation.

I’m not sure whether to be happy because my debt situation is not that bad or to start stockpiling for the next depression.

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100 dollars

10,000 dollars

One million dollars

100 million dollars

One billion dollars

One trillion dollars

Please note that this is composed of two floors of pallets, for $ 100 million each. Football field and 747-400 for comparison.

15 trillion dollars. This is almost the US debt now.

Near is The Statue of Liberty for comparison.

And here are 114.5 trillion dollars. This is US unfunded liabilities. The 114.5 Trillion dollar super-skyscraper is the amount of money the U.S. Government knows it does not have to fully fund the Medicare, Medicare Prescription Drug Program, Social Security, Military and civil servant pensions.

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