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> The next time I hear a politician use the
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> Word ‘billion’ in a casual manner, I think about
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> Whether I want the ‘politicians’ spending
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> MY tax money.
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> A billion is a difficult number to comprehend,
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> 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 it’s releases.
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> A billion seconds ago it was 1959.
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> B..
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> A billion minutes ago Jesus was alive.
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> C.
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> A billion hours ago our ancestors were
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> Living in the Stone Age.
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> D.
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> A billion days ago no-one walked on the earth on two feet.
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> E.
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> A billion dollars ago was only
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> 8 hours and 20 minutes,
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> At the rate our government
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> Is spending it.
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> While this thought is still fresh in your brain...
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> let’s take a look at New Orleans ....
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> It’s amazing what you can learn with some simple division.
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> Louisiana Senator,
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> Mary Landrieu (D)
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> 250 BILLION DOLLARS
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> To rebuild New Orleans. Interesting number....
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> What does it mean?
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> Well .. If you are one of the 484,674 residents of New Orleans
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> (every man, woman, and child)
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> You each get $516,528.
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> B.
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> 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...
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> Your family gets $2,066,012.
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> Washington , D. C
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> HELLO!
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> Are all your calculators broken??
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> Building Permit Tax
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> CDL License Tax
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> Cigarette Tax
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> Corporate Income Tax
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> Dog License Tax
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> Federal Income Tax (Fed)
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> Federal Unemployment Tax (FU TA)
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> Fishing License Tax
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> Food License Tax
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> Fuel Permit Tax
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> Gasoline Tax
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> Hunting License Tax
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> Inheritance Tax
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> Inventory Tax
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> IRS Interest Charges (tax on top of tax)
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> IRS Penalties (tax on top of tax)
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> Liquor Tax
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> Luxury Tax
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> Marriage License Tax
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> Medicare Tax
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> Property Tax
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> Real Estate Tax
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> Service charge taxes
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> Social Security Tax
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> Road Usage Tax (Truckers)
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> Sales Taxes
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> Recreational Vehicle Tax
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> School Tax
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> State Income Tax
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> State Unemployment Tax (SUTA)
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> Telephone Federal Excise Tax
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> Telephone Federal Universal Service Fee Tax
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> Telephone Federal, State and Local Surcharge Tax
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> Telephone Minimum Usage Surcharge Tax
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> Telephone Recurring and Non-recurring Charges Tax
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> Telephone State and Local Tax
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> Telephone Usage Charge Tax
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> Utility Tax
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> Vehicle License Registration Tax
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> Vehicle Sales Tax
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> Watercraft Registration Tax
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> Well Permit Tax
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> Workers Compensation Tax
> (And to think, we left British Rule to avoid so many taxes)
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> STILL THINK THIS IS FUNNY?
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> Not one of these taxes existed 100 years ago.....
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> And our nation was the most prosperous in the world.
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> We had absolutely no national debt...
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> We had the largest middle class in the world.....
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> And Mom stayed home to raise the kids.
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> What happened?
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> ‘POLITICIANS!’
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> And I still have to
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> Press ‘1’
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> For English..
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