What has happened to our country?

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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 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) was 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. f you are a family of four... you get $2,066,012.

Washington, D.C HELLO!
Are all your calculators broken??

Building Permit Tax
CDL License Tax
Cigarette Tax
Corporate Income Tax
Dog License Tax
Federal Income Tax (Fed)
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
(And to think, we left British Rule to avoid so many taxes)

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 hell has happened to our country?????

msi_cord · Answer

When you have an economy worth 13 trillion dollars, a billion doesn't look so big.  We are talking about much less that a one hundredth of one percent of our total annual economic output.  To give you a quick comparison, lets say you make $50,000 a year, are you going to not spend $3 to get a glass of Starbucks on the way to work?  That is the scale we are talking about with a billion dollars.

As far as it costing $250 billion to rebuild New Orleans, think of all the things that needed to be repaired or replaced.  Roads, schools, hospitals, fire stations, police stations, jails, sewers, water lines, and electric lines all add up.

Griggnax · Answer

Wow, this is so far away from reality it's funny.

You realize the money for New Orleans is also to pay for INFRASTRUCTURE, right?  Hospitals, levees, underground conduits for electricity, sewer and water lines, rebuild the roads and bridges, etc....

And that stuff ain't cheap.

And how many of those things on your "we didn't have this tax 100 years ago" - didn't exist 100 years ago?  It helps if you pay attention.

Anonymous · Answer

Suppose you won $16 million in the lottery.

Suppose another 999 people also won $16 million.

PER YEAR

So now one thousand people have a guaranteed income of $16 million per year FOR LIFE.

Now suppose all of you decide to pool all your winnings and give them to the government to pay off the national debt until it's all paid back.

How many years will it take?





ONE THOUSAND YEARS





And that's just the debt we have SO FAR.

Any additional future borrowing is on top of that.

? · Answer

Advancement of Socialism

alexander123 · Answer

The idle rich minority who own most of " our country " hire accountants to avoid paying taxes-the nuclear and other arms dealers &the armed forces cost numerous  times that which  we give to the New Orleans emergency repair  budget -whose population like us all are required to pay taxes !

yutsnark · Answer

Not exactly.  A billion seconds ago, it was 1981.  A billion minutes ago, Jesus had already been crucified.

Anonymous · Answer

Sandy cost more than Katrina..If you want to be an equal opportunity blamer..

We should....Tax Lobbiest,.
The ones that probably wrote this crap.

How much money will Donald Trump get to re-build his Casino's?

thor_torkinsen · Answer

Some people decided that they knew best what others should do, and instead of shooting them, the others reluctantly went along.  Big mistake in my opinion.

the night of the zombie g · Answer

I think your clueless rant is very funny... 

OMG you have to press 1 for English... IT'S THE END OF THE WORLD!

Anonymous · Answer

And yet personal  income taxes are lower here than almost every other developed country in the world.

poor you.
maybe we should stop expanding the global empire, eh

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