Robert Steele's Posts - Fair Tax Nation2024-03-29T14:07:16ZRobert Steelehttp://www.fairtaxnation.com/profile/RobertSteelehttp://storage.ning.com/topology/rest/1.0/file/get/364997349?profile=RESIZE_48X48&width=48&height=48&crop=1%3A1http://www.fairtaxnation.com/profiles/blog/feed?user=elinc47&xn_auth=noA good reason for The Fair Taxtag:www.fairtaxnation.com,2009-02-24:2636007:BlogPost:255272009-02-24T17:42:27.000ZRobert Steelehttp://www.fairtaxnation.com/profile/RobertSteele
How many zeros in a billion?<br />
<br />
This is actually true and not funny.<br />
<br />
The next time you hear a politician use the<br />
word 'billion' in a casual manner, think about<br />
whether you want the 'politicians' spending<br />
YOUR tax money.<br />
<br />
A billion is a difficult number to comprehend,<br />
but one advertising agency did a good job of<br />
putting that figure into some perspective in<br />
one of it's releases.<br />
<br />
A.<br />
A billion seconds ago it was 1959.<br />
<br />
B.<br />
A billion minutes ago Jesus was alive.<br />
<br />
C.<br />
A billion hours ago our ancestors…
How many zeros in a billion?<br />
<br />
This is actually true and not funny.<br />
<br />
The next time you hear a politician use the<br />
word 'billion' in a casual manner, think about<br />
whether you want the 'politicians' spending<br />
YOUR tax money.<br />
<br />
A billion is a difficult number to comprehend,<br />
but one advertising agency did a good job of<br />
putting that figure into some perspective in<br />
one of it's releases.<br />
<br />
A.<br />
A billion seconds ago it was 1959.<br />
<br />
B.<br />
A billion minutes ago Jesus was alive.<br />
<br />
C.<br />
A billion hours ago our ancestors were<br />
living in the Stone Age.<br />
<br />
D.<br />
A billion days ago no-one walked on the earth on two feet.<br />
<br />
E<br />
A billion dollars ago was only<br />
8 hours and 20 minutes,<br />
at the rate our government<br />
is spending it.<br />
<br />
While this thought is still fresh in our brain...<br />
let's take a look at New Orleans ..<br />
It's amazing what you can learn with some simple<br />
<br />
division.<br />
<br />
Louisiana Senator,<br />
Mary Landrieu (D)<br />
is presently asking Congress for<br />
250 BILLION DOLLARS<br />
to rebuild New Orleans .Interesting number...<br />
what does it mean?<br />
<br />
A.<br />
Well.... if you are one of the 484,674 residents of New Orleans<br />
(every man, woman, and child)<br />
you each get $516,528.<br />
<br />
B.<br />
Or... if you have one of the 188,251 homes in<br />
New Orleans ,your home gets$1,329,787.<br />
<br />
C.<br />
Or... if you are a family of four...<br />
your family gets $2,066,012.<br />
<br />
Washington , D. C<br />
<br />
HELLO!<br />
Are all your calculators broken??<br />
<br />
Building Permit Tax<br />
CDL License Tax<br />
Cigarette Tax<br />
Corporate Income Tax<br />
Dog License Tax<br />
Federal Income Tax (Fed)<br />
Federal Unemployment Tax(FU TA)<br />
Fishing License Tax Food License Tax<br />
Fuel Permit Tax<br />
Gasoline Tax<br />
Hunting License Tax<br />
Inheritance Tax<br />
Inventory Tax<br />
IRS Interest Charges (tax on top of tax)<br />
IRS Penalties (tax on top of tax)<br />
Liquor Tax<br />
Luxury Tax<br />
Marriage License Tax<br />
Medicare Tax<br />
Property Tax<br />
Real Estate Tax<br />
Service charge taxes<br />
Social Security Tax<br />
Road Usage Tax (Truckers)<br />
Sales Taxes<br />
Recreational Vehicle Tax<br />
School Tax<br />
State Income Tax<br />
State Unemployment Tax (SUTA)<br />
Telephone Federal Excise Tax<br />
Telephone Federal Universal Service Fee Tax<br />
Telephone Federal, State and Local Surcharge Tax<br />
Telephone Minimum Usage Surcharge Tax<br />
Telephone Recurring and Non-recurring Charges Tax<br />
Telephone State and Local Tax<br />
Telephone Usage Charge Tax<br />
Utility Tax<br />
Vehicle License Registration<br />
<br />
Tax<br />
Vehicle Sales Tax<br />
Watercraft Registration Tax<br />
Well Permit Tax<br />
Workers Compensation Tax<br />
(And to think, we left British Rule to avoid so many taxes)<br />
<br />
STILL THINK THIS IS FUNNY?<br />
<br />
Not one of these taxes existed 100 years ago...<br />
and our nation was the most prosperous in the world.<br />
<br />
We had absolutely no national debt...<br />
We had the largest middle class in the world...<br />
and Mom stayed home to raise the kids.<br />
<br />
What happened?<br />
Can you spell 'politicians!'<br />
<br />
And I still have to<br />
press '1'<br />
for English.<br />
<br />
I hope this goes around the<br />
U S A<br />
at least 100 times<br />
<br />
What the heck happened?????