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??

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
FederalUniversal
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 T ax
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...
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 U S A at least 100 times

What the heck happened?????

Ye$, time$ they are a changing; Ye$ they are! Cheer$, bgates

bbqbob wrote:

In the broader scope of things, it hasn't been that long ago that Rome fell!!! We should think about that!!!

Like you said in another post, people have been dumbed down to the point where they can't think anymore.

As more and more people get college educations in this country they are exposed to our educational community that we know is permeated with Communists who never miss an opportunity to indoctrinate and brainwash their students.

college/collage....Hummm.... not right. Cheers, bgates

Oops!

Cool as for me!