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03-16-2006, 08:47 PM
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| How Much Is A Billion? How Much Is A Billion? The next time you hear a politician use the word "billion" casually think about whether you do, or don't, want that politician spending your tax money!! A billion is a difficult number to comprehend, but an advertising agency did a good job of putting that figure in perspective in one of its releases: 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. And.... A billion dollars ago, was only 8 hours and 20 minutes at the rate Washington spends
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03-16-2006, 09:46 PM
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| OK - LG.......... your post is painin me so that I plan on goin down to the office tomorrow and apply for my assistance in spendin the next 8 hours or so.......LOL............ send me the money!!!! I wanna sit at home and watch Oprah for a livin!!!
__________________ Kicked back in Texas - still payin those Kansas taxes...... The old believe everything, the middle aged suspect everything, the young know everything......... Oscar Wilde |
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03-16-2006, 09:58 PM
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| There are 4 billion square inches in a square mile.
__________________ "Wal-Mart, you may want to look into this." |
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03-16-2006, 10:01 PM
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__________________ If You Really Want To do Something You Will Find A Way, If You Don't You Will Find An Excuse. |
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03-16-2006, 10:13 PM
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| CONgress is the givers.... we're the pawns. 
__________________ "Wal-Mart, you may want to look into this." |
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03-16-2006, 11:01 PM
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__________________  ΜOΛΩΝ ΛΑΒΕ Three groups spend other people's money: children, thieves, and politicians. All three need supervision. —DICK ARMEY Click here to view Democrat’s comments on Iraq and WMD’s |
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03-16-2006, 11:13 PM
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| Congress very carefully crafted theIRS to do the taking so that Congress could be held harmless (they don't give refunds or settle disputes) in this arrangement; and that freed them to spend, spend, spend. Imaging how little Congress could spend if they had to re-turn to their constituents and collect what they spent.
__________________ "Wal-Mart, you may want to look into this." |
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