What is a Billion?

May 16th, 2008

I received this in an email today:

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. 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 the earth on two feet.
E. A billion dollars ago was only 8 hours and 20 minutes, at the rate our government is spending it.

Thoughts?

Posted in Canadian Politics

2 Responses to “What is a Billion?”

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    May 16th, 2008 at 1:39 pm

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    Mike Harmon

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    May 18th, 2008 at 8:50 pm

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