The New Mexico Independent - Latest Comments in $8.5 trillion makes it a ‘Great Recession’ instead of a Great Depressionhttp://nmindependent.disqus.com/enTue, 02 Dec 2008 18:01:40 -0000Re: $8.5 trillion makes it a ‘Great Recession’ instead of a Great Depressionhttp://newmexicoindependent.com/11364/85-trillion-makes-it-a-great-recession-instead-of-a-great-depression#comment-4136006My wife, Lissa, has been repeatedly asking for numerical translation in cases like this, prompting a new blog comment feature, which I launch here: What's in a trillion? By my calculation, Lissa's share of $8.5 trillion is roughly $28,000. (That is, if you divide the entire amount by the US population, that's what you get.) I encourage other commenters to offer their own useful translations into numerical terms - like how many F16s or new high schools there are in $8.5 trillion, that sort of thing.jfleckTue, 02 Dec 2008 18:01:40 -0000