What is a Billion????

[THUMPPER 10+ year member]

What is a 'billion'?

Now here's a reality check!

This is too true to be very 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 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.

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 , 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??

Tax his land,

Tax his wage,

Tax his bed in which he lays.

Tax his tractor,

Tax his mule,

Teach him taxes is the rule.

Tax his cow,

Tax his goat,

Tax his pants,

Tax his coat.

Tax his ties,

Tax his shirts,

Tax his work,

Tax his dirt.

Tax his tobacco,

Tax his drink,

Tax him if he tries to think.

Tax his booze,

Tax his beers,

If he cries,

Tax his tears.

Tax his bills,

Tax his gas,

Tax his notes,

Tax his cash.

Tax him good and let him know

That after taxes, he has no dough.

If he hollers,

Tax him more,

Tax hi m until he's good and sore.

Tax his coffin,

Tax his grave,

Tax the sod in which he lays.

Put these words upon his tomb,

'Taxes drove me to my doom!'

And when he's gone,

We won't relax,

We'll still be after the inheritance TAX!!

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 Su rcharge 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,

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 and Canada at least 100 times

What the heck happened?????

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[97gp 5,000+ posts]

I say we take New Orleans off the map.

 

[BuckyBoy 10+ year member]

A billion is a difficult number to comprehend,

But one advertising agency did a good job of

Putting that figure into some perspective

They did a great job.

 

[GabeC 10+ year member]

i can be deep too

 

[JimJ 5,000+ posts]

100 years ago the US had a completely different world outlook.

I don't have a problem with most of those taxes, I have a problem with people that think they can fool Mother Nature into building on floodplains, however.

 

[elementxero 10+ year member]

yawn

 

[Flipx99 5,000+ posts]

I wish those advertisers would do a trillion...specifically 300 trillion.

As that is the roughly notional value of the various derivatives being traded on the open market.

Yes, that is about 25x GDP

 

[bigbangtheory 5,000+ posts]

That is depressing!

 

[tRidiot 10+ year member]

A stack of brand new, crisp $1.00 bills is about 1cm per 100 bills. So about $250 per inch.

At $250/inch, a stack of 1 billion one-dollar bills would be SIXTY-THREE MILES HIGH.

Even a stack of $1B in hundred-dollar bills would be nearly 2/3 of a mile tall.

Staggering, eh? //content.invisioncic.com/y282845/emoticons/crazy.gif.c13912c32de98515d3142759a824dae7.gif

 

[97gp 5,000+ posts]

A stack of brand new, crisp $1.00 bills is about 1cm per 100 bills. So about $250 per inch.
At $250/inch, a stack of 1 billion one-dollar bills would be SIXTY-THREE MILES HIGH.

Even a stack of $1B in hundred-dollar bills would be nearly 2/3 of a mile tall.

Staggering, eh? //content.invisioncic.com/y282845/emoticons/crazy.gif.c13912c32de98515d3142759a824dae7.gif

Tell louisiana crx to stack up his $100 bills.

 

[Louisiana_CRX 5,000+ posts]

Tell louisiana crx to stack up his $100 bills.

hmmm...mine would only be a few feet tall //content.invisioncic.com/y282845/emoticons/frown.gif.a3531fa0534503350665a1e957861287.gif

 

[97gp 5,000+ posts]

hmmm...mine would only be a few feet tall //content.invisioncic.com/y282845/emoticons/frown.gif.a3531fa0534503350665a1e957861287.gif

Pics?

 

[tRidiot 10+ year member]

hmmm...mine would only be a few feet tall //content.invisioncic.com/y282845/emoticons/frown.gif.a3531fa0534503350665a1e957861287.gif

I gotta get ONE to start with... //content.invisioncic.com/y282845/emoticons/frown.gif.a3531fa0534503350665a1e957861287.gif

 

[Flipx99 5,000+ posts]

I do not have one $100 bill.