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    License to Lillard tlongII's Avatar
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    I hope you will not be too busy to read this one to the finish! Really puts things into perspective!



    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 here - a billion there. . .

    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 upright 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 $516,528.00 - each!


    B. Or, if you have one of the 188,251 homes in
    New Orleans , your home gets $1,329,787.00
    - each home!

    C. Or, if you are a family of four, your family
    gets $2,066,012.00 - each family!


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

    Consider all the many taxes WE are liable for through a life-time....

    Building Permit Tax
    CDL License Tax
    Cigarette Tax
    Corporate Income Tax
    Dog License Tax
    Federal Income Tax
    Federal Unemployment Tax (FUTA)
    Fishing License Tax
    Food License Tax
    Gasoline Tax
    Hunting License Tax
    Inheritance Tax
    Inventory Tax
    IRS Interest Charges (tax on top of tax),
    IRS Penalties (tax on top of tax),
    Liquor Tax,
    Luxury Tax,
    Marriage License Tax,
    Medicare Tax,
    Property Tax,
    Real Estate Tax,
    Service charge taxes,
    Social Security Tax,
    Road Usage Tax (Truckers),
    Sales Taxes,
    Recreational Vehicle Tax,
    School Tax,
    State Income Tax,
    State Unemployment Tax (SUTA),
    Telephone Federal Excise Tax,
    Telephone Federal Universal Service Fe e Tax,
    Telephone Federal, State and Local Surcharge Tax,
    Telephone Minimum Usage Surcharge T ax,
    Telephone Recurring and Non-recurring Charges Tax,
    Telephone State and Local Tax,
    Telephone Usage Charge Tax,
    Utility Tax,
    Vehicle License Registration Tax,
    Vehicle Sales Tax,
    Watercraft Registration Tax,
    Well Permit Tax,
    Workers Compensation Tax.

    STILL THINK THIS IS FUNNY?
    Not one of these taxes existed 100 years ago,
    and our nation was the most prosperous in the world.
    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!'

    And I still have to 'press
    1' for English.

    I hope this goes around THE
    USA at least 100 times

    What the heck happened?????

    Maybe time for another "Tea Party?!"

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    I'm still trying to figure out what all those stupid phone taxes are for.

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    I can live with it JoeChalupa's Avatar
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    They are not taxes....they are "fees". At least that is how I've heard them explained.

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    I've been warning people about this for years.

    If you take the present value of all the governments financial obligations it would come out to $60 trillion.

    If you took every dollar owned by every US citizen including Home Equity, Bill Gates, etc... it would total $58 trillion.


    The government will never raise enough in taxes because enough doesn't exist!

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    Believe.
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    A billion dollars to everyone when people stop posting these damn chain e-mails that aren't quite arithmetically right.

    http://www.snopes.com/inboxer/trivia/billions.asp

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    Damn You Commies T Park's Avatar
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    Eliminate the current system. Create a National Sales tax.

    You get rid of the dark money, and look at how much friggen revenue you'd have then.

    Of course, the big problem is the social pork barrel drug programs, medicare BS thats bogging down the system.

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    I can live with it JoeChalupa's Avatar
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    Eliminate the current system. Create a National Sales tax.

    You get rid of the dark money, and look at how much friggen revenue you'd have then.

    Of course, the big problem is the social pork barrel drug programs, medicare BS thats bogging down the system.
    And don't forget Mouse wasting your tax dollars.

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    Homer 2centsworth's Avatar
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    And don't forget Mouse wasting your tax dollars.
    as mean as T-Park may sound it's true. Even liberal economist think the welfare programs are out of wack.

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    Forum Official Personal Life Coach BacktoBasics's Avatar
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    Can I use this thread to complain? I got a lot on my chest.

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    I can live with it JoeChalupa's Avatar
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    as mean as T-Park may sound it's true. Even liberal economist think the welfare programs are out of wack.
    True. But I'll shut my pie hole since this isn't the political forum. Carry on.

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    A billion dollars to everyone when people stop posting these damn chain e-mails that aren't quite arithmetically right.

    http://www.snopes.com/inboxer/trivia/billions.asp

    Not quite right, but in reality the actual numbers are more damning in some cases.

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    POW! POW! Evan's Avatar
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    Stunning how much word of mouth power this guy is getting

    http://www.cnn.com/2007/POLITICS/12/...ing/index.html

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    Hedo Layup Drill ShoogarBear's Avatar
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    A billion light years ago the Blazers were NBA champs.

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    Believe. CubanMustGo's Avatar
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    A billion light years ago the Blazers were NBA champs.

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