something to think about!!!

TommyBahama · Post by **TommyBahama** » April 22, 2008 8:45 pm

Someone sent this to me...thought i'd share!!

What is 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 its releases.

A. A billion seconds ago it was 1959.

B. A billion minutes ago the Apostle Paul was spreading the Gospel of Jesus Christ.

C. A billion hours ago God had not yet created the heavens and the earth.

E. A billion dollars ago was only 8 hours and 20 minutes, at the rate our government is spending it.

Accounts Receivable Tax
Building Permit Tax
CDL License Tax
Cigarette Tax
Corporate Income Tax
Dog License Tax
Federal Income Tax
Federal Unemployment Tax (FUTA)
Fishing License Tax
Food License Tax
Fuel Perm it 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.

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, had the largest middle class in the world, and Mom stayed home to raise the kids.

What happened? Can you spell 'politicians!'

carolinagirl · Post by **carolinagirl** » April 22, 2008 8:48 pm

Eye-opener

Skibo · Post by **Skibo** » April 22, 2008 8:52 pm

it's going to get worse.

C-Dawg · Post by **C-Dawg** » April 22, 2008 8:56 pm

sad but true

Wino you know · Post by **Wino you know** » April 22, 2008 9:29 pm

Skibo wrote:it's going to get worse.

As long as there are politicians named "CLINTON", "SCHUMER," "KENNEDY," "KERRY," "PELOSI," and schlubs that vote for them, yes, it will get MUCH worse.

jonesbeach10 · Post by **jonesbeach10** » April 22, 2008 9:59 pm

And then think about 9 trillion, or 9 thousand billions, and you get the amount of money the US is in debt.

lati2d · Post by **lati2d** » April 22, 2008 10:15 pm

jonesbeach10 wrote:And then think about 9 trillion, or 9 thousand billions, and you get the amount of money the US is in debt.

And then think about 3 Trillion or 3 Thousand Billion to pay for the War in Iraq. And it has not been paid for - the cost will be passed on to our children and grand children.

PIA · Post by **PIA** » April 22, 2008 10:20 pm

REVOLUTION!

rumdrinks · Post by **rumdrinks** » April 22, 2008 10:47 pm

Wino you know wrote:
Skibo wrote:it's going to get worse.
As long as there are politicians named "CLINTON", "SCHUMER," "KENNEDY," "KERRY," "PELOSI," and schlubs that vote for them, yes, it will get MUCH worse.

So, what you're not saying is that Bush came into office with a BIG budget suplus and has turned it into RECORD deficit spending .. and the Democrats are the tax and spend party.??. Who's the schlubs???

Wino you know · Post by **Wino you know** » April 22, 2008 11:07 pm

rumdrinks wrote:
Wino you know wrote:
Skibo wrote:it's going to get worse.
As long as there are politicians named "CLINTON", "SCHUMER," "KENNEDY," "KERRY," "PELOSI," and schlubs that vote for them, yes, it will get MUCH worse.
So, what you're not saying is that Bush came into office with a BIG budget suplus and has turned it into RECORD deficit spending .. and the Democrats are the tax and spend party.??. Who's the schlubs???

ANYBODY with the balls to tell me I don't pay enough taxes or I need to shell out more of MY money for THEIR rug-rats/crumb-crunchers! If they can't afford to have them, they should maybe be a bit more cautious next time they have the urge to do the horizontal happy dance with the first whore or idiot with a pen|s who comes along.

rumdrinks · Post by **rumdrinks** » April 22, 2008 11:35 pm

oohh, you have no opinion on this

Wino you know · Post by **Wino you know** » April 22, 2008 11:58 pm

Not on this, but on that.

seminolegrl06 · Post by **seminolegrl06** » April 23, 2008 1:29 am

Wino you know wrote:
rumdrinks wrote:
Wino you know wrote:
Skibo wrote:it's going to get worse.
As long as there are politicians named "CLINTON", "SCHUMER," "KENNEDY," "KERRY," "PELOSI," and schlubs that vote for them, yes, it will get MUCH worse.
So, what you're not saying is that Bush came into office with a BIG budget suplus and has turned it into RECORD deficit spending .. and the Democrats are the tax and spend party.??. Who's the schlubs???
ANYBODY with the balls to tell me I don't pay enough taxes or I need to shell out more of MY money for THEIR rug-rats/crumb-crunchers! If they can't afford to have them, they should maybe be a bit more cautious next time they have the urge to do the horizontal happy dance with the first whore or idiot with a pen|s who comes along.

Amen.

There was also this thing called 9/11 that happened. Also, the republicans had been slowly losing control over congress... when we had the majority our fiscal responsibility was better. When we don't have the majority we end up tacking on millions of dollars of democrat earmarks to our bills to get them passed .

Last time I check the new democrat controlled has not done one thing the promised to do. They have a lower approval rate than president bush and hillary clinton and barak obama have wasted millions of dollars in earmarks and pet projects, compared to McCain who has none. LITERALLY MCCAIN HAS ZERO WASTED TAX DOLLARS in ridiculous rider amedments and earmarks.

Burny Charles · Post by **Burny Charles** » April 23, 2008 3:50 am

Where did "D" go?

popcornjack · Post by **popcornjack** » April 23, 2008 5:30 am

I've been really good at staying away from politically charged threads, if for no other reason than knowing that they rarely stay civil, but what has been posted here already makes me feel ready for the abuse, so here goes.

Garry, you posted they should maybe be a bit more cautious next time they have the urge to do the horizontal happy dance with the first whore or idiot with a pen|s who comes along. rumdrinks said "oohh, you have no opinion on this." Garry, your reply was "Not on this, but on that." which sounds to me like you are less concerned with what has been accomplished politically as much as you are with who's been playing "hide the salami."

Seminolegirl, you say that John McCain, to quote you They have a lower approval rate than president bush and hillary clinton and barak obama have wasted millions of dollars in earmarks and pet projects, compared to McCain who has none. LITERALLY MCCAIN HAS ZERO WASTED TAX DOLLARS in ridiculous rider amedments and earmarks. John McCain may have zero dollars in ridiculous amendments and earmarks, and that's great, but I'm willing to bet Ted Stevens more than makes up for it, with his bridges to nowhere.

I fired the first couple of salvos. i expect return fire, and I look forward to a healthy, considerate debate.

Wino you know · Post by **Wino you know** » April 23, 2008 6:21 am

Jack:
I'm NOT concerned with who's playing "hide the salami," but if they're going to SERVE salami, they'd better be prepared to bus their own table.

OystersandBeer · Post by **OystersandBeer** » April 23, 2008 9:06 am

Wino you know wrote:
rumdrinks wrote:
Wino you know wrote:
Skibo wrote:it's going to get worse.
As long as there are politicians named "CLINTON", "SCHUMER," "KENNEDY," "KERRY," "PELOSI," and schlubs that vote for them, yes, it will get MUCH worse.
So, what you're not saying is that Bush came into office with a BIG budget suplus and has turned it into RECORD deficit spending .. and the Democrats are the tax and spend party.??. Who's the schlubs???
ANYBODY with the balls to tell me I don't pay enough taxes or I need to shell out more of MY money for THEIR rug-rats/crumb-crunchers! If they can't afford to have them, they should maybe be a bit more cautious next time they have the urge to do the horizontal happy dance with the first whore or idiot with a pen|s who comes along.

Come on, man. You can't be serious. If they are politicians, regardless of their party name, they are all sh**ball, motherf***rs. That list of names should be a mile long including everyone in Washington, including our current administration. What you did was silly Fox News BS. That is what is wrong with us now, we should drop the party names and vote for people.

green1 · Post by **green1** » April 23, 2008 9:15 am

popcornjack wrote:. . . Ted Stevens more than makes up for it, with his bridges to nowhere.

Not going to jump fully into this one, except to say that the "Bridge to Nowhere" is actually a bridge from the city of Ketichikan to their airport. They only had a ferry before.

seminolegrl06 · Post by **seminolegrl06** » April 24, 2008 2:38 am

Perhaps there are people like hillary clinton with over 200 million in earmarks for new york that make up for it as well.

I am saying as a national candidate running for president McCain is the the only one who has zero wasted money in government spending.

McCain is not a traditional republican in a lot of aspects. But as a card carrying republican (who if could vote would have for him in 2000 as well) I think that's great. He is a true leader. Even Joe Biden in an interview last week came out and said. Whatever john says is what he does. he makes a deal or says this is the deal and it's the deal. I am paraphrasing slightly and will hope to edit this with the actual quote or a youtube link.

The democratic race is fascinating and almost makes people forget they have a choice about electing a tax reducing, fiscial conservative. Many in my party have spoken against McCain because he voted against the bush tax cuts because they didn't require spending cuts. That is republicanism at its core. It's not that he didn't agree in the cuts, it's just the way they were going about that.

A man who sticks to his principals time and again. Who makes the tough choices. It's a lovely contrast to a man who can't even answer a few tough questions in a debate, whines about it afterwards just days after condsending remarks made about the middle class he is so wishing to "change" everything for.

(I did inject my McCainiac spin on this topic, but I still felt it was with in the rhelm. McCain has not been discussed as much in our culture because of the focus on the dems. Which is good and bad. Good because it buys time. Bad because people forget. Good because the dem race is so historic. Bad because it makes McCain look like he can't keep up. I might/will interject these ideas over the next couple of months... but I am respectful and welcoming always of opposition or questions)

RinglingRingling · Post by **RinglingRingling** » April 24, 2008 6:12 am

seminolegrl06 wrote:Perhaps there are people like hillary clinton with over 200 million in earmarks for new york that make up for it as well.

I am saying as a national candidate running for president McCain is the the only one who has zero wasted money in government spending.

McCain is not a traditional republican in a lot of aspects. But as a card carrying republican (who if could vote would have for him in 2000 as well) I think that's great. He is a true leader. Even Joe Biden in an interview last week came out and said. Whatever john says is what he does. he makes a deal or says this is the deal and it's the deal. I am paraphrasing slightly and will hope to edit this with the actual quote or a youtube link.

The democratic race is fascinating and almost makes people forget they have a choice about electing a tax reducing, fiscial conservative. Many in my party have spoken against McCain because he voted against the bush tax cuts because they didn't require spending cuts. That is republicanism at its core. It's not that he didn't agree in the cuts, it's just the way they were going about that.

A man who sticks to his principals time and again. Who makes the tough choices. It's a lovely contrast to a man who can't even answer a few tough questions in a debate, whines about it afterwards just days after condsending remarks made about the middle class he is so wishing to "change" everything for.

(I did inject my McCainiac spin on this topic, but I still felt it was with in the rhelm. McCain has not been discussed as much in our culture because of the focus on the dems. Which is good and bad. Good because it buys time. Bad because people forget. Good because the dem race is so historic. Bad because it makes McCain look like he can't keep up. I might/will interject these ideas over the next couple of months... but I am respectful and welcoming always of opposition or questions)

yeah... he went from independent to lap dog as soon as Shrub decided he was the "next guy in line for the throne".