$16 trillion!
To give you an idea of how much 16 trillion is, I cant give you an idea of how much 16 trillion is.
All I know is that it would be more than enough to pay of the US national debt

the figure i remember offhand is that 12T would've paid off every mortgage in America.
Ellen Brown in a recent podcast said that 12T also was enough to pay off all state debt in America.
just imagine if all that dead weight was allowed to be purged from the system. no doubt it would have been bad but we'd be coming out of it right about now in a full fledged recovery.