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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 its  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 the US .  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
Property 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 or even NSW Taxes

 
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 Mum stayed home to raise  the kids.

 
What  happened ???