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mcmopar

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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.

Washington , D.C. HELLO! Are all your calculators broken??

Now, where do the politicians think they are going to come up with all these billions when we, the people, have to put up with this litany of taxes?
Building Permit Tax
CDL License Tax
Capital Gains Tax
Cigarette Tax
Corporate Income Tax
Dog License Tax
Federal Income Tax (Fed)
Federal Unemployment Tax (FUTA)
Fishing License Tax
Food License Tax
Fuel Permit Tax
Gasoline Tax
Hunting License Tax
Inheritance Tax
Intangibles Tax
Inventory Tax
IRS Interest Charges (tax on top of tax)
IRS Penalties (tax on top of tax)
Liquor Tax Luxury Tax
Local Business Tax (City AND County here in Orlando)
Marriage License Tax
Medicare Tax
Property Tax
Real Estate Tax
Service Charge taxes
Social Security Tax
Stormwater Tax (yes, they tax you on the amount of impervious area on your property which produces runoff so the county can pay for storm water improvement projects here in Orange County, FL)
Sales Taxes
Recreational Vehicle Tax
Road Usage Tax (Truckers and Toll Road fees)
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 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

And to think, we left British Rule to avoid so many taxes!
Tax on wooden arrows? They have taxes on stuff we don’t even know about. 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 the USA at least 100 times. What the heck happened????? Gov’t BY the People, FOR the People? Yeah, Right!
 

george68hemirr

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yeah...oldie but goodie and look back 100 years and we didnt have any of these taxes....i hear ya!!!!!!
 
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