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.

While this thought is still fresh in our brain, let's take a look at New
Orleans. It's amazing what you can learn with some simple division .

Louisiana Senator, Mary Landrieu (D), is presently asking the Congress for
$250 BILLION to rebuild New Orleans. Interesting number, what does it mean?

A. Well, if you are one of 484,674 residents of New Orleans (every man,
woman, child), you each get $516,528.

B. Or, if you have one of the 188,251 homes in New Orleans, your home gets
$1,329,787.

C. Or, if you are a family of four, your family gets $2,066,012.

Washington , D.C .. heckO!!! ... Are all your calculators broken??

This is too true to be very funny

Tax his land,
Tax his wage,
Tax his bed in which he lays.
Tax his tractor,
Tax his mule,
Teach him taxes is the rule.

Tax his cow,
Tax his goat,
Tax his pants,
Tax his coat.
Tax his ties,
Tax his shirts,
Tax his work,
Tax his dirt.

Tax his tobacco,
Tax his drink,
Tax him if he tries to think.

Tax his booze,
Tax his beers,
If he cries,
Tax his tears.

Tax his bills,
Tax his gas,
Tax his notes,
Tax his cash.

Tax him good and let him know
That after taxes, he has no dough.

If he hollers,
Tax him more,
Tax him until he's good and sore.

Tax his coffin,
Tax his grave,
Tax the sod in which he lays.

Put these words upon his tomb,
"Taxes drove me to my doom!"

And when he's gone,
We won't relax,
We'll still be after the inheritance TAX!!

Accounts Receivable Tax
Building Permit Tax
CDL License Tax
Cigarette Tax
Corporate Income Tax
Dog License Tax
Federal Income Tax
Federal Unemployment Tax (FUTA)
Fishing License Tax
Food License Tax
Fuel Permit Tax
Gasoline Tax
Hunting License Tax
Inheritance Tax
Inventory Tax
& gt; IRS Interest Charges (tax on top of tax),
IRS Penalties (tax on top of tax),
Liquor Tax,
Luxury Tax,
Marriage License Tax,
Medicare Tax,
Property Tax,
Real Estate Tax,
Service charge taxes,
Social Security Tax,
Road Usage Tax (Truckers),
Sales Taxes,
Recreational Vehicle Tax,
School Tax,
State Income Tax,
State Unemployment Tax (SUTA),
Telephone Federal Excise Tax,
Telephone Federal Universal Service Fee Tax,>> >
Telephone Federal, State and Local Surcharge Tax,
Telephone Minimum Usage Surcharge Tax,
Telephone Recurring and Non-recurring Charges Tax,
Telephone State and Local Tax,
Telephone Usage Charge Tax,
Utility Tax,
Vehicle License Registration Tax,
Vehicle Sales Tax,
Watercraft Registration Tax,
Well Permit Tax,
Workers Compensation Tax

COMMENTS: Not one of these taxes existed 100 years ago

And there was prosperity, absolutely no national debt, the largest middle
class in the world and Mom stayed home to raise the kids.

What the heck happened?????

Gee....thanx for such an uplifting post, Larry
The sad thing is....it's ALL true...
Thanx fer sharron...

U R certainly welcome Joel... I almost didn't get it all read. I found it to be a bit to taxing...

And now in some states they are taxing our C3's again and at a higher rate than when they were new.  (I guess they're worth more now than when they were new)

Taxing our C3's????  Which states are doin' that??? I'm sick of TAXES!!  

Well, in Kansas, we have Property Tax which taxes any property you own such as: your house, land, all vehicles (C3's included), RV's, camping trailers, boats, etc.   It's pretty expensive to live here if you have a home and a couple of cars.   The most expensive thing is the school tax.  Wow, really kills ya! 

And just exactly why are your taxes so high? I can tell you a couple of reasons, since I spent tax money on behalf of a giant Federal agency in Washington, DC for six years, way back in the '70's.

First, every single department of every Federal bureacracy has an annual budget. And that budget must be spent. Without fail. Doesn't matter if you don't really need to spend it on anything. Doesn't matter if what you spend it on really doesn't need to be done. You MUST spend the money. The one cardinal sin for a Federal employee is not to spend every last dollar in the annual budget. Every fall--right about this time of year--there's a mad scramble to contract out every penny remaining in that year's budget. The procurement departments go crazy trying to issue the contracts before the end of the fiscal year. Because if you don't 'use it', you 'lose it'--and then, Congress may not appropriate the same funds for the next fiscal year. And no Federal bureaucrat wants to have to explain to his or her boss why the budget is lower.

Of course, in the end, it doesn't really matter too much, because you can't really be fired. Only if you commit some extraordinary wrong can you lose your job. Or your annual pay increase, for that matter. You're pretty much guaranteed to get at least the minimum raise prescribed by the system. Often, considerably more.

And it's not like you have to 'earn it', or anything like that. Don't want to work too hard in that guaranteed job for that guaranteed pay? Don't sweat it; you don't have to. I used to walk past one of my bosses' office every morning, and he'd have his feet up on the desk, reading the Washington Post until about 11 AM or so. And he was a GS-15 at the time--meaning he was in the senior management ranks and made a very, very nice living at the public's expense.

And if your blood pressure isn't high enough yet, then I've saved the worst for last: the waste. If the average American citizen had ANY idea of how much sheer waste goes on constantly in the Federal government, there'd be another revolution. It is literally beyond belief. Duplicate projects. Overlapping projects. Contracts that get lost, so the government has no idea if they've paid the money or not (so they may very well just go ahead and pay it again!). The list is endless.

That giant Federal agency I mentioned I worked for? It started out as 40 people. Six years later, when I finally got out because I was so disgusted with it all, it was 10,000 people.