Ranting about something : now let's talk about Billions

Note:  I didn't do the math so I can't tell if the figures are accurate. Enjoy!

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.

1. A billion seconds ago it was 1959.


2. A billion minutes ago Jesus was alive.


3. A billion hours ago our ancestors were living in the Stone Age.


4. A billion days ago no-one walked on the earth on two feet.


5. 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?

1. Well... if you are one of the 484,674 residents of New Orleans (every man, woman, and child) you each get $516,528.


2. If you have one of the 188,251 homes in New Orleans , your home gets $1,329,787.


3. 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??

1. Accounts Receivable Tax


2. Building Permit Tax


3. CDL License Tax


4. Cigarette Tax


5. Corporate Income Tax


6. Dog License Tax


7. Federal Income Tax , Federal Unemployment Tax (FUTA)


8. Fishing License Tax


9. Food License Tax


10. Fuel Permit Tax


11. Gasoline Tax


12. Hunting License Tax


13. Inheritance Tax


14. Inventory Tax


15. IRS Interest Charges (tax on top of tax)


16. IRS Penalties (tax on top of tax)


17. Liquor Tax


18. Luxury Tax


19. Marriage License Tax


20. Medicare Tax


21. Property y Tax


22. Real Estate Tax


23. Service charge taxes


24. Social Security Tax


25. Road Usage Tax (Truckers)


26. Sales Taxes


27. Recreational Vehicle Tax


28. School Tax


29. State Income Tax


30. State Unemployment Tax (SUTA)


31. Telephone Federal Excise Tax


32. Telephone Federal Universal Service Fee Tax upon Tax


33. Telephone Federal, State and Local Surcharge Tax


34. Telephone Minimum Usage Surcharge Tax


35. Telephone Recurring and Non-recurring Charges Tax


36. Telephone State and Local Tax


37. Telephone Usage Charge Tax


38. Utility Tax


39. Vehicle License Registration Tax


40. Vehicle Sales Tax


41. Watercraft Registration Tax


42. Well Permit Tax


43. Workers Compensation Tax


44. Income Tax


45. 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 mom stayed home to raise the kids.

What happened?
Can you spell 'politicians! '

And I still have to press '1' for English.