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Gailon Arthur Joy

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The Billion Dollar Perspective
« on: May 05, 2008, 12:25:07 PM »

Need help fathoming what a Billion Dollars here and there really means?


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. (UH, Hum!!!)

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 the Congress for $250 BILLION to
rebuild  New Orleans . Interesting number, what does it mean?

A.   Well, if you are one of 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 .. HELLO!!! .. Are all your calculators broken??

Where it all comes from???

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 Perm it 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, had the largest middle class in the world.

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.

Too bad we don't have a referendum...we could force them to retire on Social Security!!!




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