Stop 01 · Lincoln Memorial
30 m
A stack this tall: $27 millionThe marble landmark on the National Mall.
Open on a single overwhelming number. The live counter makes the debt feel immediate before any explanation is offered.
01 / Counter
The $40 Trillion
Moment
The national debt right now
$40,000,000,000,000
Make the scale legible two ways: a five-second bar chart, or the side-scrolling stack ascent — 30 m at the Lincoln Memorial to 43,700 km of $100 bills. Toggle picks the variation we'd ship.
02 / Scale
Visualize Your Debt
02 / Scale · The Stack
How Tall Is $40 Trillion?
Card rail for deeper context — drivers of the debt, history, projections. Each card would link to an existing PGPF explainer.
03 / Context
Learn More About the Debt
Three-question quiz to convert passive scrolling into engagement and surface common misconceptions about the debt.
04 / Check Your Knowledge
Test Your Debt IQ
How big is the national debt right now?
The ask. After scale and context, route the visitor to one concrete action: contacting their senator.
05 / Act
Contact Your Senator
Standard PGPF footer chrome — brand block, link columns, and legal line. Closes every deck.
Peter G. Peterson
Foundation