A Billion

[DareU2]

The next time you hear a politician use the word "billion," casually, think seriously about whether you want the 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 days ago no-one walked on two feet on earth.
* A billion dollars ago was only 8 hours and 20 minutes, at the rate the government spends it !


What is wrong with this picture?????

 

[blitz]

Or $33.33 a person

Won't even buy you a 2-4 of Corona or a Venti at Starbucks/day for a month

Perspective from this ad guy

 

[strange1]

Another perspective, $33.33 every 8.33h means the government is spending about $35,000 per person per year. Take from this what you will.

 

[blitz]

Another perspective, $33.33 every 8.33h means the government is spending about $35,000 per person per year. Take from this what you will.

I'll take it and I'll spend it just like our magnificent Liberal leaders.

A billion is a drop in the bucket, patink! Every 8.33 hrs is not a tax collected only revenue stream. Grow up and stop getting your financial info from MAD Magazine.

Quit yer whining and understand that the stress free, happy loving way of life that you enjoy is because of the social programmes that we pay for with tax dollars and resource revenues.

It's not the government's fault you can't retain education or get laid.

Yep, I said it, I'm a bit drunk and I'm going to watch a flick soon.

That is all.

 

[rembrandt100]

I'll take it and I'll spend it just like our magnificent Liberal leaders.

That has got to be the funniest post I've seen in a long time. So when do you start your gig at YUK YUK's.

You are joking .........right?

Dave

 

[xarir]

I work for a financial company. A billion dollars is the amount of business we do globally in a month (20 business days).

A billion dollars of taxpayer's money is obviously a lot and is nothing to be treated as being trivial, but at the same time, from a business perspective a billion dollars isn't that much especially over time. It's a meaningful number to be sure, but it's nothing to get overly excited about.

 

[KBear]

* A billion dollars ago was only 8 hours and 20 minutes, at the rate the government spends it !

What is wrong with this picture?????

Just a sec, even after having a few beers this does not look right.

working backwards, 365 days in the year x 24 hours per day = 8760 hours/year

8760 hours/year / 8.333 hours/billion = 1050.2 billion dollars/year

Canada's GDG is not 1050.2 Billion dollars per year, or is this US government spending.

 

[Machine]

$1 Billion = 4 million visits to your favourite SP.

 

[oldjones]

The next time you hear a politician use the word "billion," casually, think seriously about whether you want the 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 days ago no-one walked on two feet on earth.
* A billion dollars ago was only 8 hours and 20 minutes, at the rate the government spends it !


What is wrong with this picture?????

Obviously at that rate, it could only be the American government spending it, not the —however long it may last—Canadian one.

 

[WhaWhaWha]

Check your facts

I did some Math:

* A billion seconds ago it was 1959.

I get October 1973. 1.41 Billion years ago it was 1959.

* A billion minutes ago Jesus was alive.

in 98 AD? OK I suppose he was in much the same way people say he lives today.