How much is a BILLION?

[plys]

The next time you hear a politician use the
Word 'billion' in a casual manner, think about

Whether you want the 'politicians' spending
YOUR tax money.
A billion is a difficult number to comprehend,
But one advertising agency did a good job of
Putting that figure into some perspective in
One of it's releases.
A.
A billion seconds ago it was 1959.
B.
A billion minutes ago Jesus was alive.
C.
A billion hours ago our ancestors were
Living in the Stone Age.
D.
A billion days ago no-one walked on the earth on two feet.
E.
A billion dollars ago was only
8 hours and 20 minutes,
At the rate our government
Is spending it.
While this thought is still fresh in our brain....
let's take a look at New Orleans ..
It's amazing what you can learn with some simple division.
Louisiana Senator,
Mary Landrieu (D)
asked Congress for
250 BILLION DOLLARS
To rebuild New Orleans . Interesting number...
What does it mean?
A.
Well ... If you are one of the 484,674 residents of New Orleans
(every man, woman, and child)
You each get $516,528.
B.
Or... If you have one of the 188,251 homes in
New Orleans , your home gets $1,329,787.
C.
Or... If you are a family of four...
Your family gets $2,066,012.
Washington , D. C
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Building Permit Tax
CDL License Tax
Cigarette Tax
Corporate Income Tax
Dog License Tax
Federal Income Tax (Fed)
Federal Unemployment Tax (FU TA)
Fishing License Tax
Food License Tax
Fuel Permit Tax
Gasoline Tax
Hunting License Tax
Inheritance Tax
Inventory Tax
IRS Interest Charges (tax on top of tax)
IRS Penalties (tax on top of tax)
Liquor Tax
Luxury Tax
Marriage License Tax
Medicare Tax
Property Tax
Real Estate Tax
Service charge taxes
Social Security Tax
Road Usage Tax (Truckers)
Sales Taxes
Recreational Vehicle Tax
School Tax
State Income Tax
State Unemployment Tax (SUTA)
Telephone Federal Excise Tax
Telephone Federal Universal Service Fee Tax
Telephone Federal, State and Local Surcharge Tax
Telephone Minimum Usage Surcharge Tax
Telephone Recurring and Non-recurring Charges Tax
Telephone State and Local Tax
Telephone Usage Charge Tax
Utility Tax
Vehicle License Registration Tax
Vehicle Sales Tax
Watercraft Registration Tax
Well Permit Tax
Workers Compensation Tax
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Not one of these taxes existed 100 years ago......
And our nation was the most prosperous in the world.
We had absolutely no national debt....
We had the largest middle class in the world...
And FAMILIES could be raised on one income.
What happened?

politicians lining pockets that's what

And I still have to
Press '1'
For English.

[arrigo]

734 billion dollars is the cost of the Iraq war that Bush started.

[wakeley58]

1 billion is equal to 1 billion

[teithi71]

I know what you mean, and I got an email of this awhile back. I think you might enjoy it.

http://www.nokilling.org/one_trillion/index.html

[egan]

1,000,000,000 that's a billion

[barend31]

It's a lot....

[koltin]

You were doing pretty well until the end. I like some of those things you were saying. But then you ruined it when you said "absolutely no national debt" - not true. It wasn't as big as today of course, but the U.S. as always had a national debt. Also "largest middle class in the world" - that one's hard to believe without proof. And "families could be raised on one income" - you're making it sound like there was no poverty or low income workers, which simply wasn't true. You're also making it sound like any family man who wanted a high paying job could get one, which is also not true. You're also making it sound like the woman's movement of the 1970s was a bad thing. I can't agree with that. Before it was accepted for married woman to work they were little more than slaves in their marriage and had to beg their husbands for the money to buy things they wanted. And finally "I have to press 1 for English" That has no place in your rant about taxes. It just makes you sound racist.