Wednesday, November 28, 2007

When did the word billion become synonym with hundreds?

My brother sent me this info and I thought I’d share; it’s pretty interesting as well as disturbing, upsetting and frustrating. Here it goes.

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 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.

So far the war in Iraq has cost the US $1.9 trillion… so pretty much the US has spent 475 billion dollars a year for the past 4 years.


I'm not big on politics but these figures are just sick.

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