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| Subject: How Much Is A Billion? | Date: 12/14/2012 11:25 AM | |
| Author: americanray | Number: 157299 of 178996 | |
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How Much Is A Billion? The next time you hear a politician use the word "billion" casually think about whether you do, or don't, want that politician spending your tax money!! A billion is a difficult number to comprehend, but an advertising agency did a good job of putting that figure in 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. And.... A billion dollars ago, was only 8 hours and 20 minutes at the rate Washington spends |
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