Ugh

Apr 16, 2009 02:01

My cousin Ana mails me forwards, and the one she mailed me today really irked me.

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 188,2 51 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
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?????

>___> It's just filled with soooo much ignorance that I kind of want to scream. So I responded to her. I honestly don't care if she reads it or not, but at least she could learn something. My response:
Yeah, how happy it would be to be 100 years ago when women couldn't vote, had no real worth in society besides being property of their husbands, children couldn't go to school and were forced to work in factories, sometimes were crippled and died there.(The person who wrote that also mentioned unemployment tax...what if we didn't have unemployment benefits with the way that the economy is today?) Back in the "wonderful 100 years ago" people starved to death on a regular basis while the 'robber barons' of the day charged high prices for neccecities, basically stealing from their workers and consumers to keep their monopolies.
I, for one, am glad that I'm living now. What the person who wrote this FWD didn't realize is that money doesn't just go to PEOPLE, it goes to public works and other stuff to build up infrastructure. (In the case of New Orleans, most of the city still needs to have garbage hauled out and places raized and leveled before they can even THINK about rebuilding. Money don't just grow on trees to pay for that, sweetie.) Most of the taxes that we have are all state-imposed and go towards running our own state, keeping law enforcement and financing the military and/or state and national guards. I'm sure glad that we have those and I have to pay a small sales tax or phone tax on stuff. Small price to pay for peace of mind.
Not to mention the fact that 100 years ago we were NOT the world power (That was Britain) we did NOT have the most money (again, Britain) and we DID have a national debt. In fact, Alexander Hamilton (the guy on the $10 bill) was the one who nursed the national debt ever since the revolution and thought it was good to keep it going.

Just goes to show that a little knowledge of history and a little bit of common sense will keep you from whining about being taxed. Grow up. If you hate taxes so much, go and live in a country where they don't have taxes. Oh wait. They don't have those? Gee, I wonder why. If I have to pay a few taxes here and there to help my country continue to survive, so be it. We take for granted what we have, we take for granted that having pocket change left over at the end of the day is so much more than many other people in third world countries have.

So instead of whining about paying taxes, why don't we be greatful that we have the money left over to be ABLE to pay those taxes?

taxes, grr, forward, rant

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