How big is $1 trillion?
Imagine $1 is 1 nm of distance:
$2,250 - average annual SNAP benefit per person
$7000 is about the diameter of a red blood cell (7 μm)
$15,080 - annual salary at US federal minimum wage, 40 hrs/wk, no overtime
$100,000 is a hair's breadth (100 μm)
$190,000 - US median net worth
$1 million is a pencil line (1 mm)
$1 billion is a single biggish step (1 m)
$1 trillion is two and a half laps around an Olympic track (1000 m)