[StBernard] Here's some thought provoking information

[Westley Annis]

>>>Subject: Here's some thought provoking information

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>>>Here's some thought provoking information -

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>>>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.

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>>>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.

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>>>a.. A billion seconds ago it was 1959.

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>>>b.. A billion minutes ago Jesus was alive.

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>>>c.. A billion hours ago our ancestors were living in the Stone Age.

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>>>d.. A billion days ago no-one walked on the earth on two feet.

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>>>e.. A billion dollars ago was only 8 hours and 20 minutes, at the 

>>>rate our government is spending it.

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>>>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.........

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>>>Louisiana Senator, Mary Landrieu (D), is presently asking the 

>>>Congress for $250 BILLION to rebuild New Orleans.

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>>>Interesting number, what does it mean?

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>>>Well, if you are one of 484,674 residents of New Orleans (every man, 

>>>woman, child), you each get $516, 528.

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>>>Or, if you have one of the 188,251 homes in New Orleans, your home 

>>>gets $1,

>>>329,787

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>>>Or, if you are a family of four, your family gets $2,066,012.

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>>>Washington, D.C.!!!.......Are all your calculators broken????!

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>>>Maybe everyone should just flood their houses, then we can all be on 

>>>the big easy" street for the rest of our lives, and forget about 

>>>working, and paying taxes and all that useless stuff!

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