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Politics : Politics for Pros- moderated
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To: LindyBill who wrote (149477)12/1/2005 10:29:16 PM
From: Peter van Steennis  Read Replies (1) of 793865
 
Lindy: Speaking of government spending for pork barrel projects consider this:

To put things in perspective:

The next time you hear a politician use the word "billion" casually, think about whether you want that politician spending your tax dollars.

A billion is a difficult number to comprehend, but one advertising agency did a good job of putting that figure into perspective:

A billion seconds ago, it was 1959.

A billion minutes ago, Jesus was alive.

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

A billion dollars ago was only 8 hours and 20 minutes, at the rate Washington spends it.

Kind of eye-opening, isn't it?

Peter
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