How Many Zeros In A Billion

Email can often be illuminating…

How many ZEROS in a billion?

COUNTERFEIT $1 BILLION BILL

Image courtesy of http://www.impactlab.com/2006/03/15/man-arrested-for-counterfeit-billion-dollar-bills/.

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 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 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.

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 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
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 Fee 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 

WHEW!!!  That’s a lot of taxes! 

 

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.  Can you spell ‘POLITICIANS!’

And I still have to press ‘1′ for English.

 

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Boss Barack Obama Hogg At Your Service

Remember Boss Hogg in The Dukes of Hazzard?   Jefferson Davis “J.D.” Hogg was his name.  He was the greedy, unethical commissioner of Hazzard County.  

“Boss” Hogg was the wealthiest man in Hazzard County. As his name would imply, Hogg was incredibly greedy. Creator Gy Waldron said he wanted the character to be the personification of the seven deadly sins. Boss Hogg would do anything to get his hands on more money, including executing many nefarious and criminal schemes. He owned most of Hazzard’s property and businesses — either directly or by holding the mortgages over the land. His lust for money often drove him to participate in criminal activities — usually by enlisting the aid of associates — mainly his right hand man and partner in crime, the dim-witted, bumbling Sheriff Rosco P. Coltrane. Together, the two schemed to frame the Duke family (Hogg’s most steadfast adversaries) for crimes they did not commit. Rosco’s deputies, Enos Strate and Cletus Hogg (Boss’s cousin), have also aided Boss Hogg, though Enos (and, to a lesser extent, Cletus) were decidedly more reluctant to do so.

Just like the exact specifications of the Duke Boys’ probation rules, the extent of Boss’s powers seemed to vary from episode to episode. However, this can be countermanded slightly, as Boss would often bend the law and make up rules to suit himself.

And history repeats itself with the same character ripe for 2008.  Presenting Boss Barack Obama Hogg! 

Image courtesy of http://i114.photobucket.com/albums/n259/Dbl6gun/Boss_Barack_Obama_Hogg.jpg.

History of Boss Hogg courtesy of http://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Boss_Hogg.

Remember MLK Was A Republican

The National Black Republican Association wants America to know that Martin Luther King, Jr. was a Republican.  A billboard was placed in Orangeburg, South Carolina, just off Interstate 26 exit 145.  A busy interaction generates a lot of attention, with daily traffic count 60,000.

“Of interest is the fact that Orangeburg is the hometown of black Democrat Jim Clyburn who is the majority whip for the U.S. House of Representatives. We hope he appreciates our informing his black constituents about their civil rights history.”

Another seven of these billboards were placed in Florida as of July 4, 2008.  Two in Manatee, one in Sarasota, Charlotte, Highlands, Hillsborough (Busch Blvd, east of I-275), and one in Pinellas (County) off US 19 south of Ulmerton.

Image courtesy of http://www.nationalblackrepublicans.com/index.cfm?fuseaction=pages.NBRA%20News-MLK%20Billboards&tp_preview=true.

And according to Newsmax on March 24, 2008,

The NBRA states on its Web site: “It should come as no surprise that Dr. Martin Luther King, Jr. was a Republican. In that era, almost all black Americans were Republicans. Why? From its founding in 1854 as the anti-slavery party until today, the Republican Party has championed freedom and civil rights for blacks.

Newsmax also noted

“And as one pundit so succinctly stated, the Democrat Party is as it always has been, the party of the four S’s: Slavery, Secession, Segregation and now Socialism.”

Image courtesy of http://blogs.tampabay.com/buzz/2008/07/mlk-was-a-repub.html.

See
http://www.nationalblackrepublicans.com/index.cfm?fuseaction=pages.PR-MLK%20Billboard&tp_preview=true.
http://www.newsmax.com/insidecover/Martin_Luther_King_GOP/2008/03/24/82667.html.
http://www.nationalblackrepublicans.com/index.cfm?fuseaction=pages.NBRA%20News-MLK%20Billboards&tp_preview=true