how many zeros in a billion?. (this is too true to be funny.)
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How many zeros in a billion?
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(This is too true to be funny.)
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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.
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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.
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A.A billion seconds ago
it was 1959.
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B.A billion minutes ago
Jesus was alive.
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C.A billion hours ago
our ancestors were Living in the Stone
Age.
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D.A billion days ago no-one walked on the earth on two
feet.
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E. A billion dollars ago was
only 8 hours and 20 minutes, at the rate our government is spending
it.
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While this thought is still fresh in our
brain...
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let's take a look at New Orleans ...
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It's amazing what you can learn with
some simple division.
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Louisiana Senator,Mary Landrieu (D) Is presently asking
Congress for
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250 BILLION DOLLARSTo rebuild New
Orleans ... Interesting number...
What does it mean?
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A.Well ... If you are
one of the 484,674 residents of New
Orleans
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(every man, woman, and child)
You each get $516,528.
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B.Or... If you have one
of the 188,251 homes in
New Orleans,
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your home gets $1,329,787.
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C.Or... If you are a family of four....Your family gets
$2,066,012.
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Washington , D. C HELLO!
Are all your calculators broken??
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Building Permit Tax CDL License Tax
Cigarette Tax Corporate Income Tax
Dog License Tax )
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Federal Income Tax (Fed)
Federal Unemployment Tax
(FU TA)
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Fishing License Tax Food License Tax Fuel Permit Tax
Gasoline Tax Hunting License Tax
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Inheritance Tax Inventory Tax
IRS Interest Charges (tax on top of tax)
IRS Penalties (tax on top of tax)
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Liquor Tax Luxury Tax
Marriage License Tax Medicare Tax Property Tax
Real Estate Tax
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Service charge taxes Social Security Tax
Road Usage Tax (Truckers) Sales Tax
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Recreational Vehicle Tax
School Tax State Income Tax
State Unemployment Tax (SUTA)
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Telephone Federal Excise Tax
Telephone Federal Universal Service Fee
Tax
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Telephone Federal, State and Local Surcharge Tax
Telephone Minimum Usage Surcharge Tax
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Telephone Recurring and Non-recurring
Charges Tax Telephone State and
Local Tax
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Telephone Usage Charge Tax Utility Tax
Vehicle License Registration Tax
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Vehicle Sales Tax Watercraft
Registration Tax Well Permit Tax
Workers Compensation Tax
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(And to think, we left British Rule to
avoid so many taxes)
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STILL THINK THIS IS FUNNY?
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Not one of these taxes existed 100 years
ago...And our nation was the most prosperous in the
world.
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We had absolutely no national debt…
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We had the largest middle class in the
world...
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And Mom stayed home to raise the
kids.
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What happened?Can you spell 'politicians!'
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And I still have to Press '1'
For English.
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What on earth happened?????