HOW MANY ZEROES IN A BILLION ?

This is too true to be funny. 

The next time you hear apolitician 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 brains... let's take a look at New Orleans ... It's amazing what you can learn with some simpledivision.


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  NewOrleans (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??


AccountsReceivable Tax 
Building Permit Tax


CDL License Tax

 
CigaretteTax


Corporate Income Tax 


Dog License Tax 


Federal Income Tax

Federal Unemployment Tax (FUTA) 


Fishing License Tax


Food License Tax

 
FuelPermit Tax

 
GasolineTax

 
HuntingLicense Tax

 
InheritanceTax 


Inventory Tax

 
IRSInterest Charges (tax on top of tax)


IRS Penalties (tax on top of tax) 


Liquor Tax

 
LuxuryTax

 
MarriageLicense Tax

 
MedicareTax 


Property Tax


Real Estate Tax

 
Servicecharge taxes

 
SocialSecurity Tax

 
RoadUsage Tax (Truckers)

 
SalesTaxes

 
RecreationalVehicle Tax


School Tax


State Income Tax

 
StateUnemployment Tax (SUTA)

 
TelephoneFederal Excise Tax

 
TelephoneFederal Universal Service Fee Tax

 
TelephoneFederal, State and Local Surcharge Tax

 
TelephoneMinimum Usage Surcharge Tax


Telephone Recurring and Non-recurring Charges Tax


Telephone State and Local Tax 
Telephone UsageCharge Tax


Utility Tax

 
VehicleLicense Registration Tax

 
VehicleSales Tax

 
WatercraftRegistration Tax 


Well Permit Tax

 
WorkersCompensation Tax 


STILLTHINK 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 topress '1' for English. 

I hope this goes around the

USA

at least100 times   What the heck happened?????