The difference between a million and a billion is… essentially a billion.
.999 of a billion, actually.
I remember when a million was a vast amount of money. A winning lotto ticket would fetch the winner a million dollars. The sales narrative, retire for life.
Now the term a billion dollars gets thrown around with ease while a trillion dollars is reachable. Look at Musk.
I long for those days when I dollar had tangible value and life seemed simpler.
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Not me. I remember working for $4.25/hour as a teenager. I don’t long for those days at all. 
But compared to Elon Musk, I’m still poor. If I’m walking down the street and I see a quarter on the ground, I’ll stop and pick it up. But I would not stop and pick up a nickel. If Elon had a similar view of his time/money as me, he would not bother to stop and pick up a $20,000 bill. It’s like a nickel to him.
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Hi, Bert.
Sorry to hear that.
By the weekly subscription delivering local news paper. 13-14-15 years old.
First full time job at <16, $01.35 hourly in 1970.
Loved being a teanager. I could go to the tavern with $5.00 and come home and forget how I got to bed. Lol
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Wow I must be way older than you! I’ll stop and pick up a penny. You know “Find a penny pick it up and all day you’ll have good luck!”.
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I know it is hard to believe, but you were dumber then WAFI!
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And the difference between a billion and a trillion is… essentially a trillion.
Sen. Tupperville described a trillion as a 3 foot tall stack of $100 bills from Auburn AL to Atlanta GA during his TPUSA speech the other night.
Heck ya!! I’m keeping my eyes open for sure.
It might be a 1943 D Lincoln wheat cent. 
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…minus a million.
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Easy to understand why you had a rough teenage years you would rather not revisit and why your country is adrift in an endless cycle of hate and bullying, Kennedy. Lol
The difference between 1 million and 1 thousand is .999 million and the difference between 1 thousand and 1 dollar is .999 thousand . . . . So what? Is this a math lesson?
As compared to practical and real-world implications, the differences are enormous.
As wealth, billionaires fundamentally operate on a different scale of wealth and influence, whereas millionaires are able to enjoy a comfortable and somewhat secure lifestyle yet still face financial limits of influence and financial investment reality’s.
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I’m thinking either Nick had one of his epiphany moments or forum participation is low and he’s jump starting it with a new topic.
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& in some places these days, the billionaires seem to be trying to outdo the millionaires…
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