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haha got this email this morning:
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), 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 New Orleans (every man, woman, 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??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 Fede ral, State and Local Surcharge Tax,
Telephone Minimum Usag!
Surcharge Tax,
Telephone Recurring and
Non-recurring Charges Tax,
Telephone State and Local Tax,
Telephone Usage Charge Tax,
Utility Tax,
Vehicle Lic ense Registration Tax,
Vehicle Sales Tax,
Watercraft Registration Tax, < /SPAN>
Well Permit Tax,
Workers Compensation Tax.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, had the largest middle class in the world, and Mom stayed home to raise the kids .
What happened?
Can you spell 'politicians!- What happened?
EMPIRE******** - What's the answer? universal sales tax?Mimio
- Less policy is the answer. Tighten the fucking controls on the inc's and lighten the control on us warm bodies.tommyo
- Our country didn't deficit spend and write "hot checks" and bonds to other national reserves either.Mimio
- the gov got cockyGeorgesII
- btw "presently" is misused in the sentence, it does mean "right now" it means" soon"********
- Get over the libertarian fallacy that the US had no debt...we've had one since inception...
TheBlueOne - http://en.wikipedia.…TheBlueOne
- *gauges own eyes outBattleAxe
- WE HAVE A DEBT?!?!?! Seriously?? I did not know this!! ... haha We just need to be responsible. 100% responsible.tommyo
- What happened?