One Billion, not funny now is it!

[Lee Winger]

Sent to me today by a friend

 

This really brings into perspective the actual figure of one 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 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 Pounds ago was only 13 hours and 12 minutes, at the rate our government is spending it.

 

Stamp Duty

Tobacco Tax

Corporate Income Tax

Income Tax

Council Tax

Unemployment Tax

Fishing License Tax

Petrol/Diesel Tax

Inheritance Tax

(tax on top of tax)

Alcohol Tax

V.A.T.

Marriage License Tax

Property Tax

Service charge taxes

Social Security Tax

Vehicle License Registration Tax

Vehicle Sales Tax

Workers Compensation Tax

STILL THINK THIS IS FUNNY?

Not one of these taxes existed 100 years ago and our nation was one of the most prosperous in the world.

We had absolutely no national debt.

We had the largest middle class in the world and Mum stayed home to raise the kids.

 

What happened?

 

 

Can you spell ‘politicians?'

I hope this goes around the UK

at least 100 times.

 

What the hell happened???

Edited February 1, 2011 by Lee Winger

[Stephen Blair]

i dont know much about world history or politics but 100 years ago were we not making a lot of money out of slavery and basically taking other peoples land through force:thumbdown:

[Big J]

i dont know much about world history or politics but 100 years ago were we not making a lot of money out of slavery and basically taking other peoples land through force:thumbdown:

 

Look Stephen, I'm sick of explaining it to you Scots, but England didn't take Scotland by force - it was a union!

 

Some people never let things go!

[Frankie Lawrence]

i dont know much about world history or politics but 100 years ago were we not making a lot of money out of slavery and basically taking other peoples land through force:thumbdown:

 

And still are just to extreme exspense to us

[tommer9]

i dont know much about world history or politics but 100 years ago were we not making a lot of money out of slavery and basically taking other peoples land through force:thumbdown:

 

Hmmm .....thats kinda how i understood it too!!

[Tully]

Good post Lee.

 

The human world has seriously gone wrong..hope we can learn from our lessons before its to late.

[tommer9]

It haasnt GONE wrong- it always has been wrong. Thats what humans are.

[treequip]

100 years ago the sun didn’t set on the empire, we weren’t the tiddly island nation we are now and because we had half the world to provide our income we didn’t need most of these taxes

 

Some of the taxes you cite didn’t exist because cars didn’t exist, well they did but they were few and far between

 

There were other taxes back then. Tea was taxed to the hilt

[dandkgroundcare]

any government we get are all out to line thier own pockets.......

[tommer9]

The bankers had more than 1500 of those billions in their bailout.