How many zeros in a billion?,
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 billion seconds ago it was 1976.
B.
A billion minutes ago was close to the time Jesus was alive.
C.
A billion hours ago was
the Old Stone Age (114,000 years).
D.
A billion days ago was 2,740,000 years ago.
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 asked
Congress
for
250
BILLION DOLLARS
to rebuild New Orleans (After Katrina).
Interesting number...
what does it mean?
A.
Well... if you are one of the 273,000 (Post Katrina) residents of
New Orleans
(every man, woman, and child)
you
each
get
$915,750.
B.
Or... if you have one of the 137,000 homes in
New Orleans, your home gets
$1,824,817.
C.
Or... if you are a family of four your family
gets
$3,663,000.
Accounts Receivable Tax
Building Permit Tax
CDL License Tax
Cigarette Tax
Corporate Income Tax
Dog License Tax
Federal Income Tax 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
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.
http://www.snopes.com/inboxer/trivia/billions.asp
http://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/New_Orleans#Demographics