Thread: How Much Is A Billion Dollars??

From my email:

Fw: Our Tax Money

Here's something thought provoking -

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), is presently asking the Congress for $250 BILLIO N to rebuild New Orleans.



Interesting number, what does it mean? Well, if you are one of 484,674 residents of New Orleans

(every man, woman, child), you each get $516,528.

Or, if you have one of the 188,251 homes in New Orleans, your home gets $1,329,787

Or, if you are a family of four, your family gets $2,066,012.



Washington, D.C. !!!..........................Are all your calculators broken????



Maybe everyone should just flood their houses, then we can all be on the "big easy" street for the rest of our lives, and forget about working, and paying taxes and all that useless stuff!

A billion dollars is nothing when you can print your own money.


http://www.ajc.com

Fake $1B Bank Notes Found in Apartment
LOS ANGELES — Federal authorities investigating a man who smuggled money into the country have seized 250 counterfeit bank notes in billion-dollar denominations, they announced Tuesday.

The 250 bogus Federal Reserve notes had 1934 issue dates and were stained to make them look old, but no such currency exists, said U.S. Immigration and Customs Enforcement spokeswoman Virginia Kice.

The man has been charged with cash smuggling, but no charges have yet been filed in connection with the counterfeit notes.

Federal authorities warned that the sale or transfer of fake securities has increased in recent years. Scam artists typically sell phony government bank notes at a discounted value or use them as collateral to secure loans or make purchases.

"A billion is a substantial number. We want to ensure that no one was duped or fleeced by the passing of these documents," Kice said.


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March 14, 2006 - 8:01 p.m. PST