Thanks a Billion

My cousin Shirley sent me this email ....

A billion in perspective


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.

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?

A. Well, if you are one of 484,674 residents of New Orleans (every
man, woman, 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??

This is too true to be very funny


Kinda makes you stop & think.......


Dont it ??