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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, is presently asking the Congress for $250 BILLION to rebuild New Orleans.  Interesting number, what does it mean?     

        

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

 

        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 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.

 

 

    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 !

 And I still have to ‘press 1′ for English.  

 

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