How Much Is One Billion?

[Ron]

..............I find this sobering and much too true ....food for thought for everyone



How many zeros are there 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 hard earned 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 (as an example).

It's amazing what you can learn with some simple division.





Louisiana Senator,

Mary Landrieu (D)

is was asking the USA Congress for

250 BILLION DOLLARS

to rebuildNew 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)

each would get $516,528.

B.

Or... if you have one of the 188,251 homes in
New Orleans , each home gets $1,329,787.

C..

Or... if you are a family of four...

each family should get $2,066,012.

Cont'd

[Ron]

Cont'd...

Washington , D.C.

&

Ottawa ON.





HELLO!!!

Are all your calculators broken??


AccountsReceivableTax
BuildingPermit Tax
CDL License Tax
Cigarette Tax
Corporate Income Tax
Dog/Cat License Tax
Federal Income Tax

Federal Unemployment Tax (FUTA)

State Treasury Tax/USA

Provincial Sales tax /Can.,
Fishing License Tax
Food License Tax
Fuel Permit Tax

Fuel Tax

GTA License Permit Tax

Land Transfer 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 (USA)/ GST (Canada)
Marriage License Tax
Medicare Tax
Property Tax
Real Estate Tax

Cable & Phone Tax

Heating Tax

Electricty Use Tax

Service charge taxes
Social Security Tax
RoadUsage Tax (Truckers)
Manufacturers 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
TelephoneStateand Local Tax
Telephone Usage Charge Tax
Utility Tax
Vehicle License Registration Tax
Vehicle Sales Tax
Watercraft Registration Tax
Well Permit Tax
Workers Compensation Tax




DO YOU STILL THINK THIS IS FUNNY???


Not one of these taxes existed 100 years ago...
and our nations were 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 & CANADA

at least 1 billion times!!!!

[Cindy]

I dunno, I don't have a billion of anything.