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 its releases.

A.
1 billion seconds ago it was 1978.

B.
1 billion minutes ago we were in the 1st Century. (around 108 AD)

C.
1 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. are all your calculators broken??

Here is a partial list of taxes that most of us have to pay.

1. Building Permit Tax
2. CDL License Tax
3. Cigarette Tax
4. Corporate Income Tax
5. Dog License Tax
6. Federal Income Tax (Fed)
7. Federal Unemployment Tax (FUTA)
8. Fishing License Tax
9. Food License Tax
10. Fuel Permit Tax
11. Gasoline Tax
12. Hunting License Tax
13. Inheritance Tax
14. Inventory Tax
15. IRS Interest Charges (tax on top of tax)
16. Outboard Engine Tax
17. Boat Trailer Tax
18. IRS Penalties (tax on top of tax)
19. Liquor Tax
20. Luxury Tax
21. Marriage License Tax
22. Medicare Tax
23. Property Tax
24. Real Estate Tax
25. Service charge taxes
26. Social Security Tax
27. Road Usage Tax (Truckers)
28. Sales Taxes
29. Recreational Vehicle Tax
30. School Tax
31. State Income Tax
32. State Unemployment Tax (SUTA)
33. Telephone Federal Excise Tax
34. Telephone Federal Universal Service Fee Tax
35. Telephone Federal, State and Local Surcharge Tax
36. Telephone Minimum Usage Surcharge Tax
37. Telephone Recurring and Non-recurring Charges Tax
38. Telephone State and Local Tax
39. Telephone Usage Charge Tax
40. Utility Tax
41. Vehicle License Registration Tax
42. Vehicle Sales Tax
43. Watercraft Registration Tax
44. Well Permit Tax
45. Workers Compensation Tax

And to think, we left British Rule to avoid so many taxes)

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 ‘P O L I T I T I O N S’?

And I still have to press ‘1’ for English.