How many zeros in a billion? There are nine (000,000,000) zeroes after the one in one billion. There are twelve (000,000,000,000) zeroes after the one in one trillion.     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.

1. A billion seconds ago it was 1959.
2. A billion minutes ago Jesus was alive.
3. A billion hours ago our ancestors were living in the Stone Age.
4. A billion days ago no-one walked on the Earth on two feet.
5. A billion dollars ago was only 8 hrs. 20 min. 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 Congress for 250 BILLION DOLLARS to rebuild New Orleans. Interesting number... what does it mean?

1. Well... if you are one of the 484,674 residents of New Orleans (every man, woman, and child) you each get $516,528.
2. Or... if you have one of the 188,251 homes in New Orleans, your home gets $1,329,787.
3. Or... if you are a family of four, your family gets $2,066,012.

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

Pay attention here:

Accounts Receivable Tax	Building Permit Tax	CDL License Tax	Cigarette Tax
Corporate Income Tax	Dog License Tax	Federal Income Tax	Federal Unemployment Tax
Fishing License Tax	Food License Tax	Fuel Permit Tax	Gasoline Tax
Hunting License Tax	Inheritance Tax	Inventory Tax	IRS Interest Charges IRS Penalties
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	Telephone Federal Excise Tax	Telephone Federal
State and Local Tax	Telephone Minimum Usage Surcharge Tax	Utility Tax	Vehicle License Registration Tax
Vehicle Sales Tax	Watercraft Registration Tax	Well Permit Tax	Workers Compensation Tax

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.