Politicians talk about billion-dollar spending like pocket change.

I'm Peter Serefine, and this is today's Liberty Minute.

You've probably heard me say that a billion dollars spent by our federal government is $8 per taxpayer.

Let's talk about some other examples of what a billion really is.

A billion seconds ago, it was 1990.

If you played this Liberty Minute on a continuous loop a billion times, it would stop playing in the year 3912.

The government has moved on to spending trillions of dollars at a time.  Biden’s recent student loan forgiveness is likely to cost a trillion dollars.  Six trillion was spent in the name of Covid.

A trillion is a thousand billions, so $8,000 per taxpayer.

A trillion seconds ago was 29,000 BC.

Remember these examples the next time you hear a politician talk about spending.

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