misfish Posted January 11, 2009 Report Share Posted January 11, 2009 (edited) How many zeros in a billion??? 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 it's 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 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. Imagine, now $700 billion bailing out banks in the US. That's enough to fund complete medical care for every man, woman and child currently alive in the US for 11 years!! 50 billion to bail out the auto industry??? Washington , D.C. & Ottawa ON. < 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 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 Propert y 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 upon 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 Income Tax Everything 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... 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 happened??? Edited January 11, 2009 by misfish Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
OhioFisherman Posted January 11, 2009 Report Share Posted January 11, 2009 If you spend 1,000 dollars a day one million will last almost 3 years, don`t worry about it with a billion spending at the same rate, you won`t live long enough to spend it all. Pretty sad when the people that write the tax code have to see a tax man to get theirs done? Dang if we had thought this up we might be in Washington or Ottawa? Great work if you can get it? Make other people give you money so you can spend it? All while wearing a suit and tie and not getting your hands dirty? Now if they can figure out how to get people that don`t have jobs to pay taxes? A perfect system? Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
jediangler Posted January 11, 2009 Report Share Posted January 11, 2009 Very interesting. Maybe capitalism doesn't work. At least not for 99.9% of us. That's not to say that anything will change. Those who make the decisions aren't going to mess up a profitable (for them) situation. The gates in the gated communities will get taller and they will be guarded by more and more armed security. Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
bassjnkie Posted January 11, 2009 Report Share Posted January 11, 2009 WOW, never thought of it that way. Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
forrest Posted January 11, 2009 Report Share Posted January 11, 2009 A buddy o fmine told me that he has caught a zillion fish. How much is that? Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
blakewalk Posted January 11, 2009 Report Share Posted January 11, 2009 If Jesus caught 10 000 fish in a day, and I caught zero today, then a billion fish is an eternity away. haha! Interesting comment JediAngler, I agree that capitalism betrays each and every working person for the benefit of the few greasy buggers on parliament hill. Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
kemper Posted January 11, 2009 Report Share Posted January 11, 2009 Interesting, but its how the world is. Fact, not fiction and probably not going to change. Capitalism works, you just gotta go after what you want. Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
diggyj Posted January 11, 2009 Report Share Posted January 11, 2009 Very interesting read, but also very scary when you think about some of those numbers mentioned. Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
Vtucciarone Posted January 11, 2009 Report Share Posted January 11, 2009 Imagine we were all billionairs. Who would do all the work? (Politicians) NOT!!!!!!!!!!! Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
Guest skeeter99 Posted January 11, 2009 Report Share Posted January 11, 2009 a billion dollars is nothing it is just a number on a peice of paper similar to all our money these days just a number on paper dont worry about it u will die young the government can just print more or have a technical glitch and everything is paid besides the U.S. already is in debt trillions let alone billions The Current national debt owed by the USA is well over 8 TRILLION dollars, approximatly $8,128,207,427,249 and RISING. But don't take my word for it, check out the constantly updated and award winning USA Debt Clock. So, with the current USA population at about 295,734,134, a quick division tells me this works out to $27,484 USD for every man, woman, and child in the United States. Of course, by the time you read this it'll probably be over $27,500 per capita... In comparison, Canada's national debt is a "mere" $805 billionish (or $690,726,990,157 USD), AND FALLING. Keep in mind that we have a much smaller population, sitting at around 32,805,041, so our per capita debt load, coverted at today's exchange rate of $1 CAD = $0.863408 USD is around $21,055 USD/Canadian, and, thankfully, falling. Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
diggyj Posted January 11, 2009 Report Share Posted January 11, 2009 Every player on the Toronto Maple Leafs would get paid more than 45 million. Wow, what a team we would have then. Come on MLSE, start coughing up some dough! Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
Bernie Posted January 11, 2009 Report Share Posted January 11, 2009 Very interesting. Maybe capitalism doesn't work. At least not for 99.9% of us. That's not to say that anything will change. Those who make the decisions aren't going to mess up a profitable (for them) situation. The gates in the gated communities will get taller and they will be guarded by more and more armed security. Capitalism does work. Not being operarated proper though. It's just that bailout's are not part of the system. If your business fails, you shut it down, If you can't afford it, save until you do, work a full day for a full days pay. Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
holdfast Posted January 11, 2009 Report Share Posted January 11, 2009 (edited) Thats so us Hosers lend, oops give money for these Guys. Im sure the Pay Guide doesnt end there. Ya think Ball Players just might take a pay cut? http://money.cnn.com/2007/04/05/news/companies/ford_execpay/ Edited January 11, 2009 by holdfast Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
jonnybass Posted January 12, 2009 Report Share Posted January 12, 2009 As for that list of taxes - I bet not one person here has a problem with paying the fishing license tax. I'm sorry, please remind me why I have to pay to fish? Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
misfish Posted January 12, 2009 Author Report Share Posted January 12, 2009 As for that list of taxes - I bet not one person here has a problem with paying the fishing license tax. I'm sorry, please remind me why I have to pay to fish? SO YOU CAN Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
jonnybass Posted January 12, 2009 Report Share Posted January 12, 2009 Yeah, but I used to fish before the tax. Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
OhioFisherman Posted January 12, 2009 Report Share Posted January 12, 2009 johnny you pay to fish to cover enforcement fees, restocking programs, probably to clean up after some er sportsmen? Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
Markystang Posted January 13, 2009 Report Share Posted January 13, 2009 Capitalism does work. Not being operarated proper though. It's just that bailout's are not part of the system. If your business fails, you shut it down, If you can't afford it, save until you do, work a full day for a full days pay. BINGO!! Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
Daplumma Posted January 13, 2009 Report Share Posted January 13, 2009 What is the definition of a billion?Is it a thousand million or a million million?Depends on where you live. Joe Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
douG Posted January 13, 2009 Report Share Posted January 13, 2009 (edited) In these here parts, a billion equals a thousand million. 10^3 = thousand 10^6 = million 10^9 = billion 10^ 12 = trillion 10^15 = quadrillion. Don't worry, we'll get there soon. The notation I used means 1 followed by that number of zeroes. Hope this hleps. Edited January 13, 2009 by douG Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
hammercarp Posted January 13, 2009 Report Share Posted January 13, 2009 Were we the most prosperous nation a hundred years ago? Did the middle class even exist? I know that in 1909 Ford came out with the model T and so here we are today. Oh and it was one of the 50 worst cars of all time a real lemon. Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
snag Posted January 13, 2009 Report Share Posted January 13, 2009 Whoa, I think I might have that many "empties" in the garage! Cha Ching!!!! Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
misfish Posted January 13, 2009 Author Report Share Posted January 13, 2009 Whoa, I think I might have that many "empties" in the garage! Cha Ching!!!! Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
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