doug Posted March 18, 2010 Report Share Posted March 18, 2010 Just received this from a ChumThis is too true to be funny.The next time you hear a politician use theWord 'billion' in a casual manner, think aboutWhether you want the 'politicians' spendingYOUR tax money.A billion is a difficult number to comprehend,But one advertising agency did a good job ofPutting that figure into some perspective inOne 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 wereLiving in the Stone Age.D.A billion days ago no-one walked on the earth on two feet.E.A billion Pounds ago was only13 hours and 12 minutes,At the rate our governmentIs spending it.Stamp DutyTobacco TaxCorporate Income TaxIncome TaxCouncil TaxUnemployment TaxFishing License TaxPetrol/Diesel TaxInheritance Tax(tax on top of tax)Alcohol TaxV.A.T.Marriage License TaxProperty Tax Service charge taxesSocial Security Tax Vehicle License Registration TaxVehicle Sales Tax Workers Compensation TaxSTILL THINK THIS IS FUNNY?Not one of these taxes existed 100 years ago...And our nation was one of the most prosperous in the world.We had absolutely no national debt...We had the largest middle class in the world...And Mum stayed home to raise the kids.What happened?Can you spell 'politicians!'I hope this goes around the UKAt least 100 timesWhat the hell happened????? Quote Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
Gandalph Posted March 18, 2010 Report Share Posted March 18, 2010 Just received this from a ChumThis is too true to be funny.The next time you hear a politician use theWord 'billion' in a casual manner, think aboutWhether you want the 'politicians' spendingYOUR tax money.A billion is a difficult number to comprehend,But one advertising agency did a good job ofPutting that figure into some perspective inOne 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 wereLiving in the Stone Age.D.A billion days ago no-one walked on the earth on two feet.E.A billion Pounds ago was only13 hours and 12 minutes,At the rate our governmentIs spending it.Stamp DutyTobacco TaxCorporate Income TaxIncome TaxCouncil TaxUnemployment TaxFishing License TaxPetrol/Diesel TaxInheritance Tax(tax on top of tax)Alcohol TaxV.A.T.Marriage License TaxProperty Tax Service charge taxesSocial Security Tax Vehicle License Registration TaxVehicle Sales Tax Workers Compensation TaxSTILL THINK THIS IS FUNNY?Not one of these taxes existed 100 years ago...And our nation was one of the most prosperous in the world.We had absolutely no national debt...We had the largest middle class in the world...And Mum stayed home to raise the kids.What happened?Can you spell 'politicians!'I hope this goes around the UKAt least 100 timesWhat the hell happened?????I think the answer to your question is:-a) Margaret Thatcher and her Conservatives, (B) The Labour Party and their various masters. Although I have to add to this that former Conservative and Labour Governments didn't help in their own way either. :D Quote Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
-pops- Posted March 18, 2010 Report Share Posted March 18, 2010 It all fell apart when a billion was changed from being 1,000,000,000,000 to 1000,000,000. Quote Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
doug Posted March 18, 2010 Author Report Share Posted March 18, 2010 That was deflation pops! Couldn't have been inflation, only the Yanks can do that. Quote Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
Tankus Posted March 21, 2010 Report Share Posted March 21, 2010 A billion is Gordons new million Quote Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
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