THROWING THE "BILLION' WORD AROUND - Politicians And Big Money People Do It Often

(10/30/2015)

COMMENT Bob Weaver The next time you hear a politician or the 1% that own about 99% of the USAs wealth use the word 'billion' in a casual manner, think about what it means. In dollars, it's a lot of 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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