How many zeros in a billion?

[T-Man007]

TweetHow 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.

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

< 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 < BR>Federal Unemployment Tax (FUTA)
Fishing License Tax
Food License Tax
Fuel Permit Tax
Gasoline Tax
Hunting Licen se 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?
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?????

[trip]

Tweetyup and the war has cost each merican how much

family of four owes 20k, and it'll probably be, 50K by the time it's over

i agree with the numbers though, a tremendous amount of waiste

i worked it out one time myself, with the money presently spent on katrina, which i think is like 150 bil

we could of bought everyone of em a 200k house free and clear, sad

[daved150]

Tweetaint that sum shyt??!!

[Dzone]

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yup and the war has cost each merican how much

family of four owes 20k, and it'll probably be, 50K by the time it's over

i agree with the numbers though, a tremendous amount of waiste

i worked it out one time myself, with the money presently spent on katrina, which i think is like 150 bil

we could of bought everyone of em a 200k house free and clear, sad

embezzlement, misapropriation of funds, waste, spending money on bullshit that isnt necessary, etc....yup, there are some basturds that got rich off katrina...just like some a$$holes have cashed in big on Iraq..cheney, etc...money laundering, etc...corruption at the highest levels of government. They should be hanged in a public square. maybe then thit shyt would stop.

[Powerstrokin]

TweetI have to say i have never looked at it like that or even thought of it.. WOW. that's crazy..

[firstenrgy]

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yup and the war has cost each merican how much

family of four owes 20k, and it'll probably be, 50K by the time it's over

i agree with the numbers though, a tremendous amount of waiste

i worked it out one time myself, with the money presently spent on katrina, which i think is like 150 bil

we could of bought everyone of em a 200k house free and clear, sad

Her he goes again! For the last time! We had a nut running around with uranium and expressed his willingness to use it. You keep complaining about the cost of the war. I hope that the first bomb used is dropped on your house. You have to be an idiot not to want to stop these people from having an mantaining nuclear weapons. WTF is wrong with you? The war, the war... What kind of house could I have had if we didn't fight WWII? hmmm tripper? I'm sure that would have been a great investment too. You would be goosteppin to your car for christ sake!

[straydoglogic]

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Her he goes again! For the last time! We had a nut running around with uranium and expressed his willingness to use it. You keep complaining about the cost of the war. I hope that the first bomb used is dropped on your house. You have to be an idiot not to want to stop these people from having an mantaining nuclear weapons. WTF is wrong with you? The war, the war... What kind of house could I have had if we didn't fight WWII? hmmm tripper? I'm sure that would have been a great investment too. You would be goosteppin to your car for christ sake!

well firstenrgy..i couldnt disagree with you more..lol...who are we to decide who is allowed to have what as long as theyre not breaking international law..thats exactly what we're doing with iran right now...
and as a side note..the day your child is born he/she is already $30,000 dollars in debt...sounds good huh?
keep up the fight trip!!!

[firstenrgy]

TweetThe same people who want negotiations after Pearl Harbor and the invasion of Poland. Yeah, keep it up!

[straydoglogic]

Tweetwell considering the us government knew that pearl harbor was going to happen...but maybe i missed something..and what about poland?

[trip]

Tweetfirstenergy,

I wish u well.

For me I know enough about what goes on at the tops to not trust em an inch until they prove it.

There actions have unequivocally proven to me they are incomepentent bordering on the criminal, thus, i do not trust one word uttered from there lips.

As far as death, when it happens it will be at gods hands when he wants me too come how. However he decides it is up to him.

Good Luck and Have A Great Day

[trip]

TweetONe more time, who was this nut with uranium, and when was he caught and where did it happen, cause i definitely missed all of that stuff.

Of course, logic totally ignores the fact the world has how much unaccounted for uranium floating around and has for decades........................

[trip]

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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.

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

< 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 < BR>Federal Unemployment Tax (FUTA)
Fishing License Tax
Food License Tax
Fuel Permit Tax
Gasoline Tax
Hunting Licen se 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?
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?????

good post t-mann, I was listening to boortz yesterday morning and he was talking about the same thing. Except he was talking about how the word trillion gets thrown around like it's just a bit more than a million. Here is his break down:

Our government has promised $41 trillion dollars to Social Security and Medicare recipients without any plan to raise the needed money.

So .. just how much is a trillion? Sure, there are plenty of zeros, twelve, to be exact – but that doesn't begin to explain things. So let me take a stab at it.

Have you ever asked for something from someone and had them reply "Just give me 5 minutes." Fine --- but what if he says "Just give me 1,000 minutes ... or a million? Or a billion?" Here's the breakdown:

* 1000 minutes would equal just less than 17 hours. You'll get what you asked for before the day is out.
* 100,000 minutes would be almost 70 days. Check back with your friend later.
* One million minutes? Look for whatever you need in just less than 2 years.
* One billion minutes? That's going to take a while. Try 1,900 years.
* One trillion minutes? Well, today is 2008. Your wishes will be fulfilled in the year 1,903,377, unless your friend steps things up a bit. That's 1,901,369 years from now. Let us know how that works out for you.

Now .. .do you have a better idea how deep in the red we are for Social Security and Medicare? Thank your local vote-buying politician.

[firstenrgy]

TweetResearch pancake uranium. We are in Iraq for a reason. The anti war fools are just too much.

[daved150]

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Research pancake uranium. We are in Iraq for a reason. The anti war fools are just too much.

whoops...lost me?? i missed the turn bro, where's this coming from?