Fifteen trillion dollars is the current estimated federal debt and it increases by $4 billion every day.
What does $15 trillion dollars look like?
Since hay trucks are a familiar sight in the Imperial Valley, I wondered how many hay trucks would it take to move the United States federal debt.
How much does a million dollars weigh? If I use just the $100 bill, then $1 million dollars in $100 bills weighs 22 pounds.
Two thousand pounds (1 ton) divided by 22 pounds equals $90.9 million dollars in 1 ton of $100 bills.
Most hay trucks can haul a legal load of 26 tons.
Twenty-six tons time $90.9 million equals $2.36 billion debt carried by one truck; $15 trillion divided by $2.36 billion equals 6,341 hay trucks required to haul current debt load of $15 trillion.
Hay trucks are about 75 feet in length: 6,341 trucks x 75 feet = 475,575 feet length of all trucks needed for debt.
Also, 475,575 feet divided by 5,280 feet (one mile) = 90 miles of hay trucks loaded with debt.
Since Yuma is about 55 miles from El Centro, can you imagine 6,341 hay trucks lined up, half on both sides of Interstate 8, all the way to Yuma and back to El Centro?
It is a monstrous amount of debt that is going to be a drag on the U.S. economy for decades unless Congress actually does something about it. I have little faith in Congress based on their recent action to “kick it down the road.”
What does $15 trillion dollars look like?
Since hay trucks are a familiar sight in the Imperial Valley, I wondered how many hay trucks would it take to move the United States federal debt.
How much does a million dollars weigh? If I use just the $100 bill, then $1 million dollars in $100 bills weighs 22 pounds.
Two thousand pounds (1 ton) divided by 22 pounds equals $90.9 million dollars in 1 ton of $100 bills.
Most hay trucks can haul a legal load of 26 tons.
Twenty-six tons time $90.9 million equals $2.36 billion debt carried by one truck; $15 trillion divided by $2.36 billion equals 6,341 hay trucks required to haul current debt load of $15 trillion.
Hay trucks are about 75 feet in length: 6,341 trucks x 75 feet = 475,575 feet length of all trucks needed for debt.
Also, 475,575 feet divided by 5,280 feet (one mile) = 90 miles of hay trucks loaded with debt.
Since Yuma is about 55 miles from El Centro, can you imagine 6,341 hay trucks lined up, half on both sides of Interstate 8, all the way to Yuma and back to El Centro?
It is a monstrous amount of debt that is going to be a drag on the U.S. economy for decades unless Congress actually does something about it. I have little faith in Congress based on their recent action to “kick it down the road.”
