What is 40,000 years? It's one of those reverse answers ... you have to guess the question. In fact, there are two answers...
1) The collective age of all Japanese people over the age of 100. (Actually 40,399) Not surprisingly, although it's a record high, it's only going to increase.
2) A trillion seconds. In other words, even if you paid back Obama's stimulus at a dollar a second, it would take you 40,000 years to clear your debt. Actually, I exaggerated a little bit, it's really " 31,688 years, 9 months, 5 days, 8 hours, 6 minutes, and 42 seconds... but since Obama is running deficits at well over a trillion, I don't think you can quibble about that detail. And, it's only going to increase.
From PA Pundits
Update: It seems that I'm not the only one to read Heinlein's "one trillion seconds" comment. Watch near the bottom of the screen for the protest sign with exactly this slogan. Speaking of which ... have you noticed how few commercially printed signs there were among the crowd? That alone is a pretty powerful sign to those trying to dismiss the movement as so called "astroturf".
