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To: TimF who wrote (437992)7/30/2011 4:58:24 AM
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I did the earth to the sun calculation some years ago, maybe 7 or 8. It's short of a trillion, but comes close. Practically speaking though it's the perfect representation to show how big a trillion is. I've waited for years for a columnist to pick up on it as an example of explaining the debt, but you are the only person I have read of making the same observation although I am sure there are others. :)

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