How many zeros in a billion???

 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 billion seconds ago it was 1959.

 A billion minutes ago Jesus was alive.

 A billion hours ago our ancestors were  living in the Stone Age.

 A billion days ago no-one walked on the earth on two feet.
 
 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 the Congress for  $250 BILLION to rebuild New Orleans . Interesting number, what does it mean?

 Well, if you are one of  484,674 residents of  New Orleans
(every man, woman, child), you each get $516,528.

 Or, if you have one of the 188,251 homes in New Orleans , your home   gets $1,329,787.

 Or, if you are a family of four, your family gets $2,066,012.

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

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  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 Perm it 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,
  Tele phone Federal Universal Service Fe e Tax,
  Telephone Federal, State and Local Su rcharge 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.
  
  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, 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?????