Casper Posted February 26, 2009 Report Share Posted February 26, 2009 thought this was interestingSubject: Fw: How many zeros in a billion? 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. 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) 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. Washington , D. C < HELLO!> Are all your calculators broken?? Accounts Receivable Tax Building Permit Tax CDL License Tax Cigarette Tax Corporate Income Tax Dog LicenseTax 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 Unemploy ment Tax (SUTA) Telephone Federal Excise Tax Telephone Federal Universal Service Fee Tax 0ATelephone 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 heck happened? ???? Quote Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
cmoosego Posted February 27, 2009 Report Share Posted February 27, 2009 greed, corruption, and plain simple ignorance on the part of the people.... it's gonna be damned hard to reverse the last 80 or so years of bullshit that our government has put into place....BUT it can happen... if we make it happen... Quote Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
ReconRat Posted February 27, 2009 Report Share Posted February 27, 2009 greed, corruption, and plain simple ignorance on the part of the people.... it's gonna be damned hard to reverse the last 80 or so years of bullshit that our government has put into place....BUT it can happen... if we make it happen...ummm, actually, the longer it takes for a correction, the more likely it will happen in a single day, week or month.... I hate to say that, but that's how it works...apathy/greed/corruption/ignorance--> chaos--> anarchyWait till the supply vs demand of gasoline or food or water rolls over, that's the start of chaos... Best guess is 2010 to 2020... Banks are in chaos now, if they refuse to give money back that would be anarchy. It's happened before.Anybody got a nice unpopulated island with a nice paved road on it? (And some gasoline) Quote Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
that dude Posted February 27, 2009 Report Share Posted February 27, 2009 depressing Quote Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
Kosmo Posted February 27, 2009 Report Share Posted February 27, 2009 chuck e cheese Quote Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
jarvismb Posted February 27, 2009 Report Share Posted February 27, 2009 Anybody got a nice unpopulated island with a nice paved road on it? (And some gasoline)I have a nice island in the middle of the ocean named Jarvis Island that's unpopulated, but there's no roads and it's made completely of bird shit.Sorry, it's the best I could no with such little notice.(but seriously, it's there, look it up) Quote Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
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