I just got this in my e-mail apparently from an irrate taxpayer. Since s(he)n is trying to share this with everyone, I thought I would share it with you. M

Subject: What the heck happened?

> How many zeros in a billion?
>
>
> 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 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.
>
> 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?
>
> A.
> Well... if you are one of the 484,674 residents of New Orleans
> (every man, woman, and child)
> you each get $516,528.
>
> B.
> Or... if you have one of the 188,251 homes in
> New Orleans , your home 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??
> Accounts Receivable Tax
> Building Permit Tax
> CDL License Tax
> Cigarette Tax
> Corporate Income Tax
> Dog License Tax
> Federal Income Tax < BR>Federal Unemployment Tax (FUTA)
> Fishing License Tax
> Food License Tax
> Fuel Permit Tax
> Gasoline Tax
> Hunting License Tax
> Inheritance Tax
> Inventory Tax
> IRS Interest Charges (tax on top of tax)
> IRS Penalties (tax on top of tax)
> 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 (SUTA)
> Telephone Federal Excise Tax
> Telephone Federal Universal Service Fee Tax
> Telephone Federal, State and Local Surcharge Tax
> Telephone Minimum Usage Surcharge Tax
> Telephone Recurring and Non-recurring Charges Tax
> Telephone State and Local Tax
> Telephone Usage Charge 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.
>
> I hope this goes around the
> USA
> at least 100 times
>
> What the HECK happened?????

Imagine what private citizens could do with all the money the guv'mint spends that is wasted. Too bad the Feds have gone so far past their original Constitutional mandate.

Imagine what we could do if the government didn't waste the money.

Sorry, but this OP lost credibility at this point:

And then again here:

So we have someone who is probably a white supremacist, is certainly misogynist, and doesn't know **** about American history.

50 years ago we were the most prosperous nation in the world and had the largest middle class (because of FDR and World War 2).
100 years ago, we had masses of working poor kept down by a few rich people (we're back to that again now).

It's the steady movement to the right that we've had since the '60s that has created the terrible conditions we have today.

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It will be a lot more than that once McCain or Obama take office.

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Sam

The government reminds me of those teenage girls on sitcoms with credit cards: they get it, spend every bit of it on whatever they want and feel good about it....

....then the bill shows up.

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That's awfully weird, Michael, because it's obviously from some rightwad...but the administration's Republican! Are they griping about big-government conservatives or just whining like they always do?

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Subsidize freedom with some profit.

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The tagline should be: "Government spends the workers money to keep the rich prosperous." It isn't coincidental tax loopholes exist around investments and not income. We spend about $250 billion (federal, state, and local) on major corporations, $400 billion propping up a military friendly to corporations, and $500 billion on social policies which take money out of some people in need of help and put it in other people needing help. Ridiculous.


*** Keep the rich prosperous? Its the so-called rich people that pay about 96% of the taxes in the first place. That is 96% of what represents our 'government'. Who do you suppose keeps our country running? Think it might be those nasty rich corporations, backed up by that nasty military that keeps you protected from all those 9/11ers out there? My suggestion for you is to pack your bags and move to socialist Europe where you'll be able to hobnob with like-minded sharia controlled lemmings. Your right to vote here in the US should be revoked immediately.

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Yeah. Love it or leave it, you commies.

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*** Thanks Annie, couldn't of said it better myself.

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