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Updated March 06, 2009

Trillion: It's Now the New Billion

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FOXNews.com

The Obama administration last month unveiled its $3.6 trillion budget for next year -- a number that easily keeps the federal deficit north of $1 trillion dollars.

Trillion's the new billion.

At least to the Obama administration, which last month unveiled its $3.6 trillion budget for next year -- a number that easily keeps the federal deficit north of $1 trillion dollars.

But a trillion is more than just a 1 followed by 12 zeroes. It's a thousand billions...a million millions...it's BIG.

And, remember, we're talking about a trillion more than three times over!

For a look at what $1 trillion dollars looks like, click here for the folks at pagetutor.com, who've put the entire number in eye-popping perspective. 

(Editor's Note: This story captured so much interest from FOXNews.com readers that at one point Friday morning the pagetutor.com Web site crashed. While we apologize to the good folks at pagetutor.com, the traffic to their feature only underscores the magnitude of trillion-dollar spending.)

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