*** What is a billion ??? ***
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............
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