What Is A Billion?

[Tink]

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?

[DianaB]

Very interesting facts. It sure puts everything into perspective.

[Janet]

Wow Tink, that is some interesting info there. I never really took the time to figure what a 'billion' was. Glad someone else did it for me...LOL

[Mandy]

Very interesting, i never thought of it that way! Thanks for sharing :)

[Passionfruition]

Wow, good post! Makes me really think about things, geez!

[judy]

Wow! That's really interesting.:interesting:

Thanks for giving us something to think about.