Only A Billion Dollars!

The next time you hear a politician use the word "billion" in a casual manner, think about whether you want 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 on the earth.


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 ..

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?




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 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 Fe
deral, 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?????