What does a billion mean?
A billion is difficult to comprehend, but the next time you hear a politician use the word "billion" in an off-hand way think about
this....
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 the earth on two feet.
A billion dollars ago was only 8 hours and 20 minutes, at the rate our government is spending it.
While this thought is still fresh in our brain, let's take a look at New Orleans - It's amazing what you can learn with some simple division ............
Louisiana Senator, Mary Landrieu (D), is presently asking the Congress for $250 BILLION to rebuild New Orleans.
Interesting number, what does it mean?
Well, if you are one of 484,674 residents of New Orleans (every man, woman, child), you each get $516, 528.
Or, if you have one of the 188,251 homes in New Orleans, your home must have been worth $1,329,787.
Or, if you are a family of four, your family gets $2,066,012.
Washington, D.C. !!!.........................Are all your calculators
broken????
[For a far lower sum, you could persuade all of the former inhabitants to abandon New Orleans!]
A billion is difficult to comprehend, but the next time you hear a politician use the word "billion" in an off-hand way think about
this....
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 the earth on two feet.
A billion dollars ago was only 8 hours and 20 minutes, at the rate our government is spending it.
While this thought is still fresh in our brain, let's take a look at New Orleans - It's amazing what you can learn with some simple division ............
Louisiana Senator, Mary Landrieu (D), is presently asking the Congress for $250 BILLION to rebuild New Orleans.
Interesting number, what does it mean?
Well, if you are one of 484,674 residents of New Orleans (every man, woman, child), you each get $516, 528.
Or, if you have one of the 188,251 homes in New Orleans, your home must have been worth $1,329,787.
Or, if you are a family of four, your family gets $2,066,012.
Washington, D.C. !!!.........................Are all your calculators
broken????
[For a far lower sum, you could persuade all of the former inhabitants to abandon New Orleans!]
