Ever wondered what $87B looks like?

[GregW]

http://www.crunchweb.net/87billion/

[T Roosevelt]

1. Very cool!

Passed it on...

[charlie]

2. Another way to imagine it

What if you landed a job that paid $1 a second, $3600 an hour? And it paid 'round the clock, 7 days a week? You'd have to live longer than 2750 years to collect $87 billion.

[TahitiNut]

3. Equal to "Education, training, employment, and social services" spending.

That's the total Federal spending for 2004 on Education, training, employment, and social services. $87.2 billion. That includes

• Elementary, secondary, and vocational education
• Higher education
• Research and general education aids
• Training and employment
• Other labor services
• Social services