How many zeros in a Billion?

[Gene]

This has been around the web for a while, but I decided to post it for those who have not seen it.

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 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) asked Congress for 250 BILLION DOLLARS to rebuild New Orleans. Interesting number... what does it mean?

Well... if you are one of the 484,674 residents of New Orleans (every man, woman, and 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??

Accounts Receivable Tax
Building Permit Tax
CDL License Tax
Cigarette Tax
Corporate Income Tax
Dog License Tax
Federal Income Tax
Federal Unemployment Tax
Fishing License Tax
Food License Tax
Fuel Permit Tax
Gasoline Tax
Hunting License Tax
Inh erit ance 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
S ocial 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


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 a parent stayed home to raise the kids.

What the heck happened?
Can you spell p-o-l-i-t-i-c-i-a-n-s!





By the way, a billion is 1000 million: 1,000,000,000




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[theSun]

hehehe

 

[mathiasc]

interesting. very true indeed.

 

[liquidcherry]

Nice one gene....but i still don't know how many zeros are in a billion, i thought your post is showing it like the title said...

Cheers

Frank

 

[Gene]

A billion is 1000 million: 1,000,000,000

 

[GILSAN]

A billion $Zimbabwe dollars will buy you a cheese sandwich at the moment in Zimbabwe. A week or two from now it may cost double that amount!

 

[Barrucadu]

Interesting post, I'm glad you cleared up which definition of 'billion' you were using at the bottom, because it can be confusing.

 

[thebrokenbox]

A billion $Zimbabwe dollars will buy you a cheese sandwich at the moment in Zimbabwe. A week or two from now it may cost double that amount!

too true.

haha that was quite interesting to read

 

[liquidcherry]

A billion is 1000 million: 1,000,000,000

Thx, i was kidding of course i knew it :hehe:

Cheers

Frank

 

[dgridley]

Thanks, Gene.. this is something every schoolkid should be aware of as well..

 

[SnarkyTech]

Good post.

 

[weblord]

gee where did you get that? are you a rocket scientist? :lol:
P.S.
I wanna be in that time

A billion minutes ago Jesus was alive.

 

[Keral_Patel]

This is a nice post. I am fed up of this useless expenses and god knows where the money goes.

Here is a tip the best thing one can do is stop voting for them. I never go and vote. I have no time to choose yet another politician :zzz: All come in different sizes and colors but they all are same. Why to even waste our time and petrol and go to the voting booth to vote for them.

 

[htmlindex]

What the heck happened?
Can you spell p-o-l-i-t-i-c-i-a-n-s!

P-o-l-i-t-i-c-i-a-n-s.com is available for anyone wanting it

Or, should I have posted this name as available in the W-O-R-D-S.com thread?

 

[Phoebe_]

A billion $Zimbabwe dollars will buy you a cheese sandwich at the moment in Zimbabwe. A week or two from now it may cost double that amount!

That makes me think it's hard to live in Zimbabwe in terms of counting billions of money just to buy a cheese sandwich. :red:

 

[mdamin76]

Ha ha haa.. Of course for a politician, a million means nothing. They prefer to talks about billion.

There's no billion without a million.