[AT] How Much Is A Billion?

[Bob McNitt]

I thought this was too good not to share.

Subject: Billion


How much is a "Billion"?

 A Billion!!!!! Here's some thought provoking information

 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????