A Billion Dollars

[Larry Rice]

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.   Washington, D. C   < 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 < BR>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    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    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 USA at least 100 times    What the heck happened?????