[BITList] A Billion

[John Feltham]

Here it is again!

:-)


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 the US 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.




Americans!



HELLO!

Are all your calculators broken??


Building Permit Tax

CDL License Tax


Cigarette Tax


Corporate Income Tax


Dog License Tax


Federal Income Tax (Fed)

Federal Unemployment Tax (FU TA)

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


(And to think, we left British Rule to avoid so many 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 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 – and the World, for that matter!! --
at least 100 times



What the heck happened?????



ooroo

If you don't hear the knock of opportunity - build a door.

Anon.

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