This will scare you!!! This is too true to be very 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 advertisingagency did a good job of putting that figure into some perspective inone of itsreleases:
[/align]A. A billion seconds ago it was 1959.
[/align]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 ourgovernment is spending it.
While this thought is still fresh in our brain, let's take a look atNew Orleans. It's amazing what you can learn with some simpledivision . .
Louisiana Senator, Mary Landrieu (D), is presently asking theCongressfor$250 BILLION to rebuild New Orleans. Interesting number, what does itmean?
A. Well, if you are one of 484,674 residents of New Orleans (every man, woman, child), you each get $516,528.
B. Or, if you have one of the 188,251 homes in New Orleans , yourhome gets $1,329,787.
C. Or, if you are a family of four, your family gets $2,066,012.
Washington, D.C .. HELLO!!! ... Are all your calculators broken??
Tax his land,
Tax his wage,
Tax his bed in which he lays.
Tax his tractor,
Tax his mule,
Teach him taxes is the rule.
Tax his cow,
Tax his goat,
Tax his pants,
Tax his coat.
Tax his ties,
Tax his shirts,
Tax his work,
Tax his dirt.
Tax his tobacco,
Tax his drink,
Tax him if he tries to think.
Tax his booze,
Tax his beers,
If he cries, Tax his tears.
Tax his bills,
Tax his gas,
Tax his notes,
Tax his cash.
Tax him good and let him know
That after taxes, he has no dough.
If he hollers,
Tax him more,
Tax him until he's good and sore.
Tax his coffin,
Tax his grave,
Tax the sod in which he lays.
Put these words upon his tomb,
"Taxes drove me to my doom!"
And when he's gone,
We won't relax,
We'll still be after the inheritance TAX!!
Accounts Receivable Tax
Building Permit Tax
CDL License Tax
Cigarette Tax
Corporate Income Tax
Dog License Tax
Federal Income Tax
Federal Unemployment Tax (FUTA)
Fishing License Tax
Food License Tax
Fuel Perm it Tax
Gasoline Tax
Hunting License Tax
Inheritance Tax
Inventory Tax
IRS Interest Charges (tax on top of tax), IRS Penalties (tax on top oftax),
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, StateIncome
Tax, State Unemployment Tax (SUTA), Telephone Federal Excise Tax,TelephoneFederal Universal Service Fe e Tax, Telephone Federal, State and Local Surcharge Tax, Telephone Minimum Usage Surcharge Tax, Telephone Recurringand Non-recurring Charges Tax, Telephone State and Local Tax, TelephoneUsage Charge Tax, Utility Tax, Vehicle License Registration Tax, VehicleSales Tax, Watercraft Registration Tax, Well Permit Tax, WorkersCompensation Tax.
[/align]STILL THINK THIS IS FUNNY?
Not one of these taxes existed 100 years ago, and our nation was themostprosperousin the world.
We had absolutely no national debt, had the largest middle class in theworld, and Momstayed home to raise the kids.
What happened? Can you spell 'politicians?'
And I still have to "press 1" for English.
I hope this goes around THE USA at least 100 times. What the heck happened?????
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Neither the citizens, nor the families, nor the houses of New Orleans would get a check in the mail. Infrastructure is what really costs money to rebuild.
Yes, excessively taxation is a problem. But if you're going to play with the Big Boys of thePolitics Forums, you're going to have to come up with something more than a copy & paste.
i just thought this was interesting didn't want to play with the big boys. never thought of a billion dollars that way before and didn't realize some of the things we where taxed on. so i thought id pass it on. yes i do realize that some of the taxes there are not real but allot of them are.
I have an overall negative opinion of the governments of New Orleans and Louisiana, as well the state's Congressmen and woman. Their lack of leadership and fiscal responsibility are an affront to the entire country. But when it comes to the greater issue of congressional waste, you might as well throw a dart at a map of the nation's congressional districts.
I did not mean to discourage you from expressing your ideas. The problem I see is that you're pretty much just copying and pasting pseudo-factoids that circulate around the Internet, many of which are blatantly incorrect. I'm just one nut in the forum, so think what you will of my opinion, but the regulars here appreciate and consideroriginal material more readily than bloggers' spam.
why we have taxes
