Now here's a reality check! > > This is too true to be very funny. > > The next time you hear a politician use the word 'billion' in a casual > manner, think aboutwhether 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, is presently asking the Congress for > $250 BILLION to rebuildNew 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., Ottawa, Canada.... HELLO!!! ... Are all your calculators > broken?? > > Tax his land, > Tax his wage, > Tax his bed in which he lays. > > Tax his tractor, > Tax his mule, > Teach him taxes is the rule. > > Tax his cow, > Tax his goat, > Tax his pants, > Tax his coat. > > Tax his ties, > Tax his shirts, > Tax his work, > Tax his dirt. > > Tax his tobacco, > Tax his drink, > Tax him if he tries to think. > > Tax his booze, > Tax his beers, > If he cries, > Tax his tears. > > Tax his bills, > Tax his gas, > Tax his notes, > Tax his cash. > > Tax him good and let him know > That after taxes, he has no dough. > > If he hollers, Tax him more, > Tax him until he's good and sore. > > Tax his coffin, Tax his grave, > Tax the sod in which he lays. > > Put these words upon his tomb, > 'Taxes drove me to my doom!' > > And when he's gone, We won't relax, > We'll still be after the inheritance TAX!! > > STILL THINK THIS IS FUNNY? > > No taxes existed 100 years ago. > > We had absolutely no national debt, had the largest middle class in the > world, and Mom stayed home to raise the kids. > > What happened? Can you spell 'politicians!' > > I hope this goes around THE > USA and Canada at least 100 times > > What the hell happened??? > --~--~---------~--~----~------------~-------~--~----~ Access the Recipes And More list archives at: http://www.mail-archive.com/recipesandmore%40googlegroups.com/ Visit the group home page at: http://groups.google.com/group/RecipesAndMore -~----------~----~----~----~------~----~------~--~---
