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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 it's  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 pounds ago was only 13 hours and 12 minutes, at the rate our government is spending it.



 

[Field Marshal Dr. Opti]

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 it's  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 pounds ago was only 13 hours and 12 minutes, at the rate our government is spending it.



 

......and about 1%.....of the money  the British taxpayer paid to bail out greedy bankers.....

[PhilRich]

Sobering thought!

[Andy B]

Is this what Britain used to term a billion ie a million million or what we have adopted from across the Pond ie a thousand million?   

[alunonhisown]

Long and short scales
1,000,000,000,000 (number), one million million, 1012, in the long scale
1,000,000,000 (number), one thousand million, 109, in the short scale
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