How Much is a Billion?

This is an old one but still an eye opener!

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  billion seconds ago it was 1959.
• A  billion minutes ago Jesus was alive.
• A billion hours ago our ancestors were living in the Stone Age.
• A billion days ago no-one walked on the earth on two  feet.
• 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) was asking Congress for 250 BILLION DOLLARS to rebuild New Orleans after Katrina hit. Interesting number, what does it mean?

• Well…if you were one of the 484,674 residents of New Orleans (every man, woman, and child) you should have gotten $516,528.
• Or…if you had one of the 188,251 homes in New Orleans , your home should have gotten $1,329,787.
• Or…if you were a family of four, your family should have gotten $2,066,012.

Washington, D.C.!

<  HELLO!  >

Are all your calculators broken??
Here is a list of some of the Taxes the United States imposes on us!

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
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

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 hell happened?????