Billions, Taxes, and Us

Geckofeeder found this on the comments section at the LGF blog.

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Date: Sun, 30 Dec 2007 20:29:35 -0800 (PST)
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Subject: [Geckofeeder] 12/28/2007 06:27:00 PM

>This was posted by GT in the comment section of LGF.
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> The next time you hear a politician use the
>
> word 'billion' in a casual manner, think about
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> whether you want the 'politicians' spending
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> YOUR tax money.
>
> A billion is a difficult number to comprehend,
>
> but one advertising agency did a good job of
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> putting that figure into some perspective in
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> one of its releases.
>
> * * * * *
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>
>
> A. A billion seconds ago it was 1959.
>
> B. A billion minutes ago Jesus was alive.
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> C. A billion hours ago our ancestors were
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> living in the Stone Age.
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> D. A billion days ago no-one walked on the earth on two feet.
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> E. A billion dollars ago was only 8 hours and
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> 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 . .
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> Louisiana Democratic 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
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> New Orleans (every man, woman, child), you
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> each get $516,528.
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> B. Or, if you have one of the 188,251 homes in
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> New Orleans , your home gets $1,329,787.
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> C. Or, if you are a family of four, your family
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> gets $2,066,012.
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> Washington, D.C .. HELLO!!! ... Are all your calculators broken??
>
>
> Tax his land,
> Tax his wage,
> Tax his bed in which he lays.
> Tax his tractor,
> Tax his mule,
> Teach him taxes is the rule.
> Tax his cow,
> Tax his goat,
> Tax his pants,
> Tax his coat.
>
> Tax his ties,
> Tax his shirts,
> Tax his work,
> Tax his dirt.
>
> Tax his tobacco,
> Tax his drink,
> Tax him if he tries to think.
>
> Tax his booze,
> Tax his beers,
> If he cries,
> Tax his tears.
>
> Tax his bills,
> Tax his gas,
> Tax his notes,
> Tax his cash.
>
> Tax him good and let him know
> That after taxes, he has no dough.
>
> If he hollers,
> Tax him more,
> Tax hi m until he's good and sore.
>
> Tax his coffin,
> Tax his grave,
> Tax the sod in which he lays.
> Put these words upon his tomb,
> 'Taxes drove me to my doom!'
>
> And when he's gone,
> We won't relax,
> We'll still be after the inheritance TAX!!
>
> 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 Perm it 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 Fe e Tax,
> Telephone Federal, State and Local Su rcharge Tax,
> Telephone Minimum Usage Su rcharge 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 Compens ation Tax.
>
>
>
> STILL THINK THIS IS FUNNY?
> Not one of these taxes existed 100 years ago,
> and our nation was the most prosperous in t he world.
> We had absolutely no national debt, 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
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> 1' for English.
>
>
>
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Posted By Gecko to Geckofeeder at 12/28/2007 06:27:00 PM

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