One Billion
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2012/04/30 00:23:52
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 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)
was 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
eachget$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??
Building Permit Tax
CDL
License Tax
Cigarette Tax
Corporate Income Tax
Dog License
Tax
Federal Income Tax (Fed)
Federal Unemployment Tax (FU TA)
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-recurringCharges 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
(And to think, we left British Rule to avoid
so many taxes)
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...
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 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)
was 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
eachget$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??
Building Permit Tax
CDL
License Tax
Cigarette Tax
Corporate Income Tax
Dog License
Tax
Federal Income Tax (Fed)
Federal Unemployment Tax (FU TA)
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-recurringCharges 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
(And to think, we left British Rule to avoid
so many taxes)
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...
I understand some need cold hard analytical figures, but sometimes, it's annoying when, like in this case, the idea is all that's important, not the trivial numbers...
Do you at least get the gyst of the post and is the idea it conveys enough? Don't nit pick the post... just get the basis...
http://landrieu.senate.gov/re...
Why is that left out?
So, forget the specifics and don't look quite so deep into it and get the basic idea of the post...