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Visualizing $1 trillion

Jul 12, 2011 | By Page May [1]

Turns out, just $1 trillion of the 400 wealthiest families' $1.37 trillion could:

  • Fund the military of every Nato country combined
  • Pay for an additional 11 weeks of vacation for every American worker
  • Pay for the inflation-adjusted cost of the New Deal twice over or the Marshall plan  ten times over. 

These are just a few of the facts. Click here [2] to read more and view the complementary illustrations.

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[1] http://www.networklobby.org/nep/people/page-may
[2] http://www.mint.com/blog/trends/visualizing-one-trillion-dollars/
[3] http://www.networklobby.org/nep/blog/visualizing-1-trillion