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 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)
was 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?? Building Permit Tax
CDL
License Tax
Cigarette Tax
Corporate Income Tax
Dog
License Tax
Federal Income Tax (Fed)
Federal
Unemployment Tax (FU TA)
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 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
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) 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?
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