250 Billion?!?!
Here's some thought provoking information.
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 or not.
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.
Let's take a look at New Orleans with some simple division
Louisiana Senator, Mary Landrieu (D), asked Congress for
$250 BILLION to rebuild N.O.
Each of 484,674 residents of N.O. gets $516,528
Or, each of 188,251 homes gets $1,329,787
Or each family of 4 gets $2,066,012.
Hello Washington DC, ARE YOUR CALCULATORS BROKEN?
2006-08-30
09:22:36
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