What is a BILLION?-?

What is a billion???
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.
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.
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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 .
(for example).
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Louisiana Senator, Mary Landrieu (D), is presently asking the Congress
for $250 BILLION to rebuild New Orleans . Interesting number, what does
it mean?
(Let us see!)
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. AND THE
LEVEES ARE STILL INADEQUATE
Washington , D.C .. HELLO!!! ... Are all your calculators broken?? this
is too true to be very funny
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'Ya'll take care'' --BJAY--