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Old 01-15-2004, 01:50 PM
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"A BILLION!!!"

The next time you hear a politician use the word "billion" casually, 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 dollars ago was only 8 hours and 20 minutes, at the rate Washington (both Democrats & Republicans) spends it.
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