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 it's releases.
A. A billion seconds ago it was 1959.
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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 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
Are all your calculators broken??
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)
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 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?
I hope this goes around the USA at least a BILLION times !
9 comments:
it's time for another Tea Party
They all promise smaller gov. and less spending, then they spend like there is no tomorrow....we can never quench the thirst of the tax monster....it must be destroyed
Billions is becoming an antiquated number for the Fed's, they just love those 12 zero's in Trillion!
Now another stimulus is being worked on to help homeowners with foreclosure. I thought that what the previous two stimulus' were supposed to be about?
Give it away, give it away, give it away.... I didn't know the Red Hot Chili Peppers ran for congress?
What happened? Democrat party happened.
First two stimulus packages were delivered by Bush, remember the $250 rebate he promised people before he was elected? He got that out of Reagan's playbook.
Then another Stimulus for taxpayers last year, and the big one for some corporate welfare before he said fair well!
Blame who you want it is what it is now.
all that tax money goes where????
Repost?
you forgot the septic system tax....from ehrlic
Most households didn't have electricity and plumbing 100 years ago. We had segrigation, lynching, women did not have equal rights, we had unchecked poverty, indiscrimate looting and land theft by the government from the Native Americans, we had disease epidemics, low infant survival rates, high illeteracy, the list goes on and on.
Really alot to brag about.
the cdl tax will destroy americas economy for good if truckers cant afford to drive then the product doesnt get to where its going so no one can buy goods at the store.
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