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ONE DOLLAR
SIX DOLLARS
THREE THOUSAND DOLLARS
SEVENTY TWO THOUSAND DOLLARS
THREE HUNDRED SIXTY THOUSAND DOLLARS
NINE MILLION DOLLARS
NINE HUNDRED MILLION DOLLARS
15 billion dollars
EIGHTY SEVEN BILLION DOLLARS
ONE HUNDRED SIXTY SIX BILLION DOLLARS

ONE HUNDRED NINETY ONE BILLION DOLLARS

TWO HUNDRED SEVENTY TWO BILLION DOLLARS
THREE HUNDRED FIFTEEN BILLION DOLLARS
This is the amount of money the US has allocated for the wars in Iraq and Afghanistan, to be spent by September 30, 2006, the end of the fiscal year. And the Senate is working on a spending bill that will add another $50 billion more in spending for 2007.
This pile is 125 feet wide, 200 feet deep, and 450 feet tall.