The next time you hear a politician use the word 'billion' in a casual manner, think about whether you want the 'politicians' spending YOUR/MY 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 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 the Congress for $250 BILLION to rebuild New Orleans.Interesting number, what does it mean?
A. Well, if you are one of 484,674 residents of New Orleans (every man, woman, 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??
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3 comments:
But our government apparently does not have the money for schools, health care, social services...
I'd rather they all just say they do not care about these things than lie to us. The public is not as stupid as hey seem to thnk. Dim and gullible? Yes, at times. But flat out dumb? No.
i am in opposition to one red nickel going to reconstruction of the 9 th ward so far below sea-level.
It seems to me it's just gonna happen again.
Spend any money on rebuilding farther inland.
Actually, a billion seconds ago was 1976.
A billion minutes ago was 107 A.D. (btw Jesus is still alive, although not on the Earth at that time in bodily form)
A billion hours ago, well if you believe we were cavemen 114K years ago, then that's your own belief.
But yes, the tremendous over-spending of the government is completely outrageous and will drive the country into financial ruin when foreign governements stop buying treasury notes.
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