A "short" math lesson....   
       
       
   Something to start your day.   
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   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 (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   
   (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?   
       
   Can you spell 'politicians'?   
       
       
   And I still have to Press '1' For English.   
       
   What the heck has happened to our Country?   
       
       
   Regards,   
       
   Roger   
      
   --- DB 3.99 + Windows 10   
    * Origin: NCS BBS - Houma, LoUiSiAna (1:3828/7)