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To: Jim McMannis who wrote (223225)	10/2/2009 11:45:48 AM
From: Smiling Bob	Read Replies (1) \| Respond to of 306849

1 trillion seconds is 31,000 years. Or so I hear -- 1 trillion dollars is a meeting with Paulson. Or so I hear.

To: Jim McMannis who wrote (223225)	10/2/2009 11:57:46 AM
From: John Koligman	Respond to of 306849

As long as we are talking big numbers, here is how much a couple trillion weighs, according to the current issue of Newsweek: Regards, John "Most significant, on Sept. 18, the Treasury Department removed its year-old guarantee of $3.8 trillion of money-market funds. With a single press release, it lifted a massive weight from the shoulders of taxpayers-$3.8 trillion in dollar bills weighs about 8.7 billion pounds."