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€2.91 Trillion: Total amount borrowed by Bankrupt nation’s citizens €2,910,426,000,000 (€2.91 million millions). 13 Banks biggest banks.
Each bank has its own lane.
Total Convoy Length: 26.7km (16.59 miles) if you put all 13 lanes together.
The people of Greece, Ireland, Italy, Portugal & Spain owe €2,91 trillion Euros to these 13 banks.
These are only the 13 biggest banks, there are many more that lent money, that together add up to a much bigger debt numbers. 3 pallets of cash would cover the cost of all the trucks shown below, if you bought them new.
You’d have enough left over for a lifetime of joy. Each truck has 20 such pallets.
| The European Super Highway of Debt |
| A lot of banks are “under water’ with debt. These info-graphics shows how much banks borrowed to Portugal, Ireland, Italy, Greece & Spain (PIIGS) — the countries least likely to pay it back. . |
| €100 |
€100 — I bet you wish you could push print.  |
| €10,000 |
| €10,000 — “Madness is badness of spirit, when one seeks profit from all sources” — Aristotle |
| €1 Million |
| €1,000,000 — Not as big of a pile as you thought, huh?“Bankers own the earth. Take it away from them, but leave them the power to create money and control credit, and with a flick of a pen they will create enough to buy it back.” -Sir Josiah Stamp, former President, Bank of England |
€2.91 Trillion: Total amount borrowed by Bankrupt nation’s citizens €2,910,426,000,000 (€2.91 million millions). 13 Banks biggest banks.
Each bank has its own lane.
Total Convoy Length: 26.7km (16.59 miles) if you put all 13 lanes together.
The people of Greece, Ireland, Italy, Portugal & Spain owe €2,91 trillion Euros to these 13 banks.
These are only the 13 biggest banks, there are many more that lent money, that together add up to a much bigger debt numbers. 3 pallets of cash would cover the cost of all the trucks shown below, if you bought them new.
You’d have enough left over for a lifetime of joy. Each truck has 20 such pallets.