I received this in an email today. I thought it was especially timely given my posted poll and article post eariler on Utah’s budget and the $1 billion new money being haggled over.
A Billion is a difficult number to comprehend. The next time you hear a Politician use the word “Billion,” casually — think about whether or not you want the politician spending your tax money.
One advertising agency did a good job of putting that figure into perspective in one of its releases.
A Billion Seconds ago — it was 1973.
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 two feet on earth.
A Billion Dollars ago — was only 8 hours and 20 minutes, at the rate our government spends it.
If you could travel back in time to the birth of Christ, the beginning of the Gregorian calendar, and could set aside $1,350,000 ($1.35 million) every day of every week, every day of every month, and every day of every year right up to today – you still wouldn’t have enough to pay off the over two trillion dollars the George W. Bush regime has increased the national debt since he took office.
U.S. National Debt Clock
http://www.toptips.com/debtclock.html
National Debt History for prior fiscal years.
Years 1900 thru 2003
http://www.toptips.com/debt_history.htm
US National Debt by Presidential Term, Percentage of GDP,1976-2004
http://www.skymachines.com/US_National_Debt_Per_Capita_Percent_of_GDP_and_by_President_1976-2004.htm
Interest on the National Debt
http://www.geocities.com/cmcofer/interest.html
Cost of the War in Iraq
http://www.costofwar.com/
Deanna Dee-Dee Taylor 