Mike337 Posted February 3, 2012 Share Posted February 3, 2012 (edited) I saw this today, makes you think.....bring on November..... Interesting way of looking at what a billion means in terms we are all familiar with. just amazing 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 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 on the earth walked on two feet. E. A billion dollars ago was only 8 hours and 20 minutes, at the rate our governments are 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 Are all your calculators broken?? 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 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 y 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 upon 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 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 nations were 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. What the #@&* happened??? Edited February 3, 2012 by Mike337 Quote Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
injun46 Posted February 3, 2012 Share Posted February 3, 2012 If they would have divided up all of the stimulus' amongst the tax-paying citizens, I do believe the economy would be better off than it is now. Only the fat cats got to pocket some of that $$$$. Don't forget to vote. Quote Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
CHIEF DOC 99 Posted February 4, 2012 Share Posted February 4, 2012 If they would have divided up all of the stimulus' amongst the tax-paying citizens, I do believe the economy would be better off than it is now. Only the fat cats got to pocket some of that $$$$. Don't forget to vote. In a world where corporations are the only first class citizens of worth, Money is the political vernacular & only language ~ really what do you expect? Honest ballot boxes & vote counts? Political posts are banned ~ this is one of themm! Quote Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
colo.gw Posted February 4, 2012 Share Posted February 4, 2012 heres a pretty good visual of what our kids and future generations of young ns already have on there free shoulders. yet i keep my check book balanced. WHY? My link http://usdebt.kleptocracy.us/ Quote Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
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indian terry Posted February 8, 2012 Share Posted February 8, 2012 At Costco last week will waiting for the little woman to get out of the head i looked at the bulletin board near the entrance and they had posted on display 52 different permits issued by state federal county and local entities I'm sure besides costing a shit-load for the permits the regulations that they bring with it is enough to drive all but the largest corporations into the ground and bankruptcy Quote Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
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