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)
- 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.
- &
- Ottawa ON.
- < HELLO!!! >
- Are all the 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 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
- Everything Tax
- Not one of these taxes existed 100
years ago...
- and North America was the most
prosperous place in the world.
- There was absolutely no national debt...
- We had the largest middle class in
the world...
- and Mom stayed home to raise the
kids.
- What the heck happened?
- Can you spell 'politicians!' and 'Big Business'?
- I hope this goes around
- the US & CANADA
- at least 1 billion times