1 Billion... A bit of perspective.
The next time you hear some politician casually speak about spending 1 billion dollars ask yourself. Do I really want this politician spending my 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 it's
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.
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