Friday, April 3, 2009

Is There A Roman Numeral for this?


1 Million Dollars...Is there a short numeral for this? We tend to say 1 Mil or some other little phrase that makes this seem small but it is actually pretty huge. $1 , 0 0 0 , 0 0 0 . 0 0 If I were making minimum wage ( Covered nonexempt workers are entitled to a minimum wage of not less than $6.55 per hour effective July 24, 2008 ) How long would it take me to make my first Million dollars...not to actually have a million but to have earned it ( remember you have to live on something at the same time...) well calculated on an average of 2080 hours per year ( 40 hours times 52 weeks ) making $13,624 annually ...it would take that person 73.4 years just to say they made a million in their lifetime. That is also why it peaves me when these young talented athletes with bad attitudes make millions and also get bonuses then blow their money without anythought for their fellow man or community. They don't think about the people that have to WORK for a living. This is an extreme I know, but there are many Americans that are on the low end of the wage scale. If you were to move the wage up to around ten dollars hourly, it would still take a bit over 48 years to earn. More do-able yet still how much of that are they able to invest or save? I am sure for about 98% it ain't no million. So the next time congress throws these numbers around so easily, remember it is still a lot of money. Tomorrow...we get the next zero...........ooohh

By the way...this bill is not real legal tender, here is where you can get some though if you like...
http://www.cr8apl8.com/milliondollarbill.html . For those of you interested in what might be an actual million dollar certificate see thie site... http://www.moneyfactory.gov/document.cfm/5/44/122

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