scottmcneal
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A Billion
Can You Imagine A Trillion ???
The next time you hear a politian use the word "Billion" in a casual manner, think about whether you want the government spending YOUR tax money.
A bilion 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 release's.
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 the earth on two feet
E
A billion dollars ago was only 8 hours, and 20 mintutes, 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
Louisians 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, 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
HELL O
Are your calculators broken ???
Accounts receivable tax
Building permit tax
CDL licence Tax
Cigarette tax
Corporate Income tax
Dog licence tax
Federal income tax
Federal unemployment tax (FUTA)
Fishing licence tax
Food licence tax
Fuel permit tax
Gasoline tax
Inventory tax
IRS interest charges (tax on top of tax)
IRS penalties (tax on top of tax)
Liquor tax
Luxury tax
Marriage licence tax
Medicare tax
Property tax
Real estate tax
Service charge tax
Social security tax
Road usage tax (truckers)
Sales tax
Recreational vehicle tax
School tax
State income tax
Stae 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 licence registration tax
Vehicle sales tax
Watercraft registration tax
Well permit tax
Workers Compensation tax
Still think this is BS !!!
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 at home to raise the kids
WHAT HAPPENED ???
HOW ABOUT ANOTHER TEA PARTY !!!
AND I STILL HAVE TO PRESS 1 FOR ENGLISH