Guest guest Posted July 27, 2005 Report Share Posted July 27, 2005 The next time you hear a politician casually use the word "billion", think about whether you want that politician 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 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. A billion days ago no-one walked on two feet on earth. A billion dollars ago was only 8 hours and 20 minutes, at the rate the USA government spends it. Quote Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
Guest guest Posted July 28, 2005 Report Share Posted July 28, 2005 are there actual people that are billionaires? , " Craig Dearth " <cd39@e...> wrote: > Message > > > > The next time you hear a politician casually use the word " billion " , think > about whether you want that politician 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 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. A billion days ago > no-one walked on two feet on earth. A billion dollars ago was only 8 hours > and 20 minutes, at the rate the USA government spends it. Quote Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
Guest guest Posted July 28, 2005 Report Share Posted July 28, 2005 WallyWorld owners. Lynda - " Anouk Sickler " <zurumato Wednesday, July 27, 2005 8:20 PM Re: food for thought .. how much is a billion? > are there actual people that are billionaires? > > > > , " Craig Dearth " <cd39@e...> wrote: > > Message > > > > > > > > The next time you hear a politician casually use the > word " billion " , think > > about whether you want that politician 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 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. A billion > days ago > > no-one walked on two feet on earth. A billion dollars ago was only > 8 hours > > and 20 minutes, at the rate the USA government spends it. > > > > > > To send an email to - > Quote Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
Guest guest Posted July 28, 2005 Report Share Posted July 28, 2005 umm there's a fair number of billionaires bill gates the walton family(owners of wal-mart) warren buffet the Albrechts (own aldi stores in germany, own trader joes here in the US, own a chunk of albertsons's stores) mike dell(dell computers) and of course there's a ton of oil wealthy folks out there as well.... Anouk Sickler <zurumato Jul 27, 2005 8:20 PM Re: food for thought .. how much is a billion? are there actual people that are billionaires? , " Craig Dearth " <cd39@e...> wrote: > Message > > > > The next time you hear a politician casually use the word " billion " , think > about whether you want that politician 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 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. A billion days ago > no-one walked on two feet on earth. A billion dollars ago was only 8 hours > and 20 minutes, at the rate the USA government spends it. To send an email to - Quote Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
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