Friday, September 23, 2005
Billions with a "B"!
Thanks to my good friend Peter P. for sending this my way:
The next time you hear a politician use the words "billion" casually, think about whether you want that politician spending your tax dollars.
A billion is a difficult number to comprehend, but one advertising agency did a good job of putting that figure into perspective:
The next time you hear a politician use the words "billion" casually, think about whether you want that politician spending your tax dollars.
A billion is a difficult number to comprehend, but one advertising agency did a good job of putting that figure into perspective:
- 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 spends it.
