This is interesting because I heard this
morning on the news that some people from Hurricane Katrina didnt fill out the
proper paperwork and they need to give back money that they received like
thatll happen!
>Subject:
FW: What is a billion.....?!
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>I
don't knowif this is fact, but if it is our folks in DC have really lost
>touch. Be sure and read the part about what the
New
Orleans
people
>
>get at the bottom of this
email.
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>Here's
something thought provoking -
>
>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.
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> 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????
>
> Maybe everyone
should just flood their houses, then we can all be
>
on the "big easy" street for the rest of our
lives, and forget
>about
>
working, and paying taxes and all that
useless stuff!
