Interesting

[Pura Vida]

Interesting…but frightening,






After reading this, and the HUGE amount of money being spent by our Government, makes one wonder just how much is coming IN from all the taxes listed below -

So what is a billion?

If I give you $1 billion and you stand on a street corner handing out $1 per second,
twenty-four hours a day, seven days a week, you would still not have handed out
$1 billion after 31 years!


Now read on. This is true and rather hard to really understand.

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 its releases.

1. A billion seconds ago, it was 1959.
2. A billion minutes ago, Jesus was alive.
3. A billion hours ago, our ancestors were living in the Stone Age.
4. A billion days ago, no-one walked on the earth on two feet.
5. A billion Dollars ago was only 13 hours and 12 minutes, at the rate our present government
is spending it.

 

[pdmjoker]

1. A billion seconds ago, it was 1959.

This must have been written some time ago since a billion seconds is just over 31 and-a-half years. 1990 in fact.

 

[Robbity]

This must have been written some time ago since a billion seconds is just over 31 and-a-half years. 1990 in fact.

UK and US billions used to have quite different numerical definitions which could make a big difference....

 

[pdmjoker]

UK and US billions used to have quite different numerical definitions which could make a big difference....

That's true - UK has adopted the US billion of 1,000,000,000 and original UK billion was 1,000,000,000,000 (a factor of 1,000).

However, old UK billion seconds is about 31,688 years since the average no. of seconds per year is 31,557,600 (60*60*24*365.25) so they must be using the US billion here...