A trillion dollars.

What does a trillion look like?  A dollar bill is about six inches long.  Stacked end to end, a trillion dollars would go from the earth to the sun, and back, twice.

Healthcare is one fifth of our economy.

One fifth of our GDP is larger than the GDP of five of the G8 countries, including France and the UK.  Would we try to reform the entire economy of the UK?  Would we succeed?

We have about six million miles of paved roads in the US.  How long do you think it would take the government to repave twenty percent of them, 1.2 million miles?  Could they do it?

Maybe we really should have a plan before we write a check.