billions of taxes

This is too true to be funny.The next time you hear a politician use theword '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 wereliving in the Stone Age.D.A billion days ago no-one walked on the earth.E. A billion dollars ago was only 8 hours and20 minutes, at the rate our governmentis 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.Louisi ana Senator,Mary Landrieu (D) is presently askingCongressfor 250 BILLION DOLLARSto 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 familygets $2,066,012.Washington , D.C <>Are all your calculators broken??Accounts Receivable TaxBuilding Permit Tax CDL License Tax Cigarette TaxCorporate Income TaxDog License Tax Federal Income Tax <>Federal Unemployment Tax (FUTA) 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 Ta x Property Tax Real Estate Tax Service charge taxes Social Security Tax Road Usage Tax (Truckers) Sales Taxes Recreational Vehicle TaxSchool Tax State Income Tax State Unemployment Tax (SUTA) Telephone Federal Excise Tax Telephone Federal Universal Service Fee Tax Telephone Fe dermal, State and Local Surcharge Tax Telephone Minimum Usage Surcharge TaxTelephone Recurring and Non-recurring Charges Tax Telephone State and Local Tax Telephone Usage ChargeTax Utility Tax Vehicle License Registration Tax Vehicle Sales Tax Watercraft Registration T ax 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... 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 theUSA at least 100 timesWhat the heck happened???? ?
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