Comments on: A trillion here, a trillion there, and pretty soon you’re talking real money http://bowilliams.com/2009/04/a-trillion-here-a-trillion-there-and-pretty-soon-youre-talking-real-money/ Rarely senselessly vulgar; frequently slightly tacky Sat, 11 Feb 2012 01:08:13 +0000 hourly 1 http://wordpress.org/?v=3.3.1 By: Barack Obama, spendthrift | WmWms http://bowilliams.com/2009/04/a-trillion-here-a-trillion-there-and-pretty-soon-youre-talking-real-money/comment-page-1/#comment-38318 Barack Obama, spendthrift | WmWms Tue, 02 Feb 2010 18:16:50 +0000 http://wmwmsblog.com/?p=1990#comment-38318 [...] read An Obama-Sized Government at National Review Online today.  Be sure to look back at this post of mine as well, when we were talking about “only” [...] [...] read An Obama-Sized Government at National Review Online today.  Be sure to look back at this post of mine as well, when we were talking about “only” [...]

]]> By: Bo http://bowilliams.com/2009/04/a-trillion-here-a-trillion-there-and-pretty-soon-youre-talking-real-money/comment-page-1/#comment-21850 Bo Wed, 22 Apr 2009 00:01:08 +0000 http://wmwmsblog.com/?p=1990#comment-21850 nhfalcon: Yikes indeed. Let me know if you see any significant number of people noticing. :-( nhfalcon: Yikes indeed. Let me know if you see any significant number of people noticing. :-(

]]> By: nhfalcon http://bowilliams.com/2009/04/a-trillion-here-a-trillion-there-and-pretty-soon-youre-talking-real-money/comment-page-1/#comment-21760 nhfalcon Mon, 20 Apr 2009 23:48:29 +0000 http://wmwmsblog.com/?p=1990#comment-21760 My sister sent me this email almost four years ago today (how's that for ironic that put a BILLION into perspective: The next time you hear a politician use the word "billion" casually, think about whether you want the 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.. 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 two feet on earth. e.. A billion dollars ago was only 8 hours and 20 minutes, at the rate our government spends it. Now when you consider that a TRILLION is billion times 1,000... YIKES! My sister sent me this email almost four years ago today (how’s that for ironic that put a BILLION into perspective:

The next time you hear a politician use the word “billion” casually,
think about whether you want the 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.. 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 two feet on earth.
e.. A billion dollars ago was only 8 hours and 20 minutes, at the
rate our government spends it.

Now when you consider that a TRILLION is billion times 1,000… YIKES!

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