How much is a BILLION ???

How many zeros in a billion???
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.

Imagine, now $700 billion bailing out banks in the US. That's enough to fund complete medical care for every man, woman and child currently alive in the US for 11 years!! 50 billion to bail out the auto industry??? Washington, D.C. & Ottawa, ON. <> Are all your calculators broken??
Accounts Receivable Tax Building Permit Tax CDL License Tax Cigarette Tax Corporate Income Tax Dog License Tax Cat License Tax (Toronto) Federal Income Tax , Federal Employment Tax (EI) Fishing License Tax Food License Tax Fuel Permit Tax Gasoline Tax Hunting License Tax Inheritance Tax Inventory Tax REV CAN Interest Charges (tax on top of tax) REV CAN Penalties (tax on top of tax) Liquor Tax Luxury Tax Marriage License Tax Medicare Tax Property Tax Real Estate Tax FOOD Service taxes Social Security Tax Road Usage Tax (Truckers) Provincial Sales Taxes Recreational Vehicle Tax School Tax Provincial Income Tax Telephone Federal Excise Tax Telephone Federal Service Fee Tax upon Tax Telephone Tax Utility Tax Vehicle License Registration Tax Vehicle Sales Tax Watercraft Registration Tax Well Permit Tax Workers Compensation Tax Income Tax Everything Tax

STILL THINK THIS IS FUNNY???
Not one of these taxes existed 100 years ago... And our nation was one of 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 US & AUST At least 1 billion times
What the heck happened???