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[Jah Ji]

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 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.

: 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.

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

: DC answers: What's a calculator?