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
A
billion is a difficult number to
comprehend,
but
one advertising agency did a good job
of
putting that figure into some
perspective in
A.
A
billion seconds ago it was 1959.
B.
A
billion minutes ago Jesus was alive.
C.
A
billion hours ago our ancestors were
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
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??
Federal Income Tax < BR>Federal
Unemployment Tax
(FUTA)
IRS
Interest Charges (tax on top of
tax)
IRS
Penalties (tax on top of
tax)
Road
Usage Tax
(Truckers)
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
Vehicle
License Registration
Tax
Watercraft
Registration
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????? |
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