How many zeros in a billion?

This is too true to be funny.  

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 it's 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 Congress for  
250 BILLION DOLLARS 
To rebuild New Orleans .  Interesting number...  
What does it mean?  
A. 
Well .. If you are one of the 484,674 residents of New Orleans     
(every man, woman, and 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?? 
Building Permit Tax  
CDL License Tax  
Cigarette Tax  
Corporate Income Tax  
Dog License Tax  
Federal Income Tax (Fed) 
Federal Unemployment Tax  (FU TA)  
Fishing License Tax  
Food License Tax  
Fuel Permit 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 Fee Tax  
Telephone Federal, State and Local Surcharge Tax  
Telephone Minimum Usage Surcharge Tax 
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 
(And to think, we left British Rule to avoid so many taxes)  

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....  
We 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  U S A  
At least 1 billion times  

What the hell happened???