OT a billion

[632 Regal]

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 Democrat Senator, Mary Landrieu, is
presently asking the Congress for $250 BILLION 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
$516,528.00.



Or, if you have one of the 188,251 homes in New
Orleans, your home gets $1,329,787.00 or, if you are a
family of four, your family gets $2,066,012.00.



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

[bahnstormer]

not exactly true
u can't simply divide by the number of homes
they have to repair roads and facilities too

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[632 Regal]

roads paved with gold?

not exactly true
u can't simply divide by the number of homes
they have to repair roads and facilities too

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[SRR2]

A billion seconds ago it was 1959.

Hmmm. So by the time you hit middle age, your heart has beat about a billion times. No wonder so many people fall over dead from worn out hearts.

[Evan]

out with the incumbents... vote against every incumbent... every election. get a newer, less experienced crook in office

[kyleN20]

pretty kwazy, they trying to make the sweetest town on earth or what?

[MBXB]

One MILLION Seconds = 11.57 DAYS

One BILLION Seconds = 31.68 YEARS!

[Zeuk in Oz]

Well, if you are one of 484,674 residents of New
Orleans (every man, woman, child), you each get
$516,528.00.



Or, if you have one of the 188,251 homes in New
Orleans, your home gets $1,329,787.00 or, if you are a
family of four, your family gets $2,066,012.00.



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

Interesting !

Cyclone Larry that decimated a small part of Queensland last week is the subject of our latest aid debacle. Major banana and sugar cane growing area.

By the way, the US offered assistance but our federal government declined it.

No need, our beaurocrats have everything in hand ! ! !

People have had to queue up for hours in the rain to fill out a 9 page asset and income form to receive AUD 150.00 hand out - a hundred bucks US !!!!!!

Can you believe it ?

Edit : Forgot to mention that they also had to declare what they were planning to spend the money on - talk about an insult !

[632 Regal]

its better then your government throwing money at everything in site.

Interesting !

Cyclone Larry that decimated a small part of Queensland last week is the subject of our latest aid debacle. Major banana and sugar cane growing area.

By the way, the US offered assistance but our federal government declined it.

No need, our beaurocrats have everything in hand ! ! !

People have had to queue up for hours in the rain to fill out a 9 page asset and income form to receive AUD 150.00 hand out - a hundred bucks US !!!!!!

Can you believe it ?

[Zeuk in Oz]

its better then your government throwing money at everything in site.

Perhaps there might be a happy middle ground.
What galls me is that we routinely give approx AUD $ 1 billion in aid to Pacific nations annually but insult our own people.
Who said "charity begins at home" ?