What is a Billion?
How many zeros in a billion???
This is too true to be funny…
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)
is presently asking 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.
Imagine, now $700 billion bailing out banks in theUS. That’s enough to fund complete medical care for every man, woman and child currently alive in the US for 11 years!!
50 billion to bail out the auto industry???
Washington , D.C.
&
Ottawa ON.
< HELLO!!! >
Are all your calculators broken??
Accounts Receivable Tax
Building Permit Tax
CDL License Tax
Cigarette Tax
Corporate Income Tax
Dog License Tax
Federal Income Tax , Federal Unemployment Tax (FUTA)
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
Propert y 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 upon 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
Income Tax
Everything Tax
STILL THINK THIS IS FUNNY???
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 Mom stayed home to raise the kids.
What happened?
Can you spell ‘politicians!’
And I still have to
press ‘1’
for English.
I hope this goes around the US & CANADA at least 1 billion times
What the heck happened???
April 18, 2009 @ 5:32 am
its sad insnt it? and its not only in the US. Its all over.
April 17, 2009 @ 1:08 am
Hear! Hear! To those leaders of our country with tunnel vision and number-retardation. Let’s bombard them with FACTS!
April 16, 2009 @ 7:52 am
yes the truth hurts so bad ..if the US has 300 million nations citizen..how much would each head get from 800 billion dollars of recenlty approved stimulous money.
April 16, 2009 @ 6:49 am
so true it hurts 🙁
April 16, 2009 @ 3:30 am
@robber
….yes, Rueben, if we ALL did….
April 15, 2009 @ 9:43 pm
Re: G.Like Sr. – this is all to good to be true – but in fact it is. And the biggest reason that there are fools on the hill is because we elected them to be there. So now comes the hard part – finding honest looking faces. Go one step better – vote them out of office – OR — make them accountable for every dollar they spend (we as taxpayers) have that right -it’s OUR money and OUR government – lets take it back from the crooks that are in office.
April 15, 2009 @ 8:43 pm
“If I had a BILLON DOLLARS!”
April 15, 2009 @ 6:35 pm
Wish I knew their addresses,I think every one in congress needs to digest this information.
I also think every one in the Washington Government,from the president to the janitors(they are most likely kin to someone in administration)needs to be fired.Then send a group of honest looking faces to go outside washington d.c. and hire all new people at random.I think our chances of getting this country back on its feet and going straight would be much better.P S I didn’t show too much respect for the Nations Capitol,because I cannot respect what is in it.
April 15, 2009 @ 5:13 pm
I agree with you kittyluvr…the truth hurts so bad
April 15, 2009 @ 3:04 pm
This would be hillarious, if it werent for it being true.