So while I was driving to Little Rock tonight from Fayetteville for Thanksgiving I got thinking. I was thinking "How long will it take our government to print the $700 billion dollars for the bailout?"
After a few well placed clicks of the mouse at my parent's house I think I may have the answer.
According to the "Innerwebs" the United State of America can print 37 million notes a day and the present denominations of our currency in production are $1, $2, $5, $10, $20, $50 and $100.
So assuming we print the bills seven days a week with no breaks for holidays and weekends...
If we print the "700 billion" in One Dollar bills it would take us 18,919* days or about 52 years.
If we print the "700 billion" in Two Dollar bills it would take us 9,459* days or about 26 years.
If we print the "700 billion" in Five Dollar bills it would take us 3,784* days or about 10 years.
If we print the "700 billion" in Ten Dollar bills it would take us 1,892* days or about 5 years.
If we print the "700 billion" in Twenty Dollar bills it would take us 946* days or about 3 years.
If we print the "700 billion" in Fifty Dollar bills it would take us 378* days or about 1 year.
If we print the "700 billion" in One Hundred Dollar bills it would take us 189* days or about six months.
I vote for the "Benjamins"
*All figures are rounded to the nearest whole number.
