So what is a billion?
If I give you $1 billion and you stand on a street corner handing out $1 per second,
twenty-four hours a day, seven days a week, you would still not have handed out
$1 billion after 31 years!
Now read on. This is true and rather hard to really understand.
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.
1. A billion seconds ago, it was 1959.
2. A billion minutes ago, Jesus was alive.
3. A billion hours ago, our ancestors were living in the Stone Age.
4. A billion days ago, no-one walked on the earth on two feet.
5. A billion Dollars ago was only 13 hours and 12 minutes, at the rate our present government
is spending it. We spend more on servicing the debt than on Health.
We are charged:
·Stamp Duty
·Tobacco Tax
·Corporate Income Tax
·Income Tax
·Council Tax
·Unemployment Tax
·Fishing License Tax
·Petrol/Diesel Tax
·Inheritance Tax (tax on top of tax)
·Alcohol Tax
·G.S.T.
·Property Tax
·Purchase Property Tax
·Tax on Title Searches
·Tax on Building Inspections
·Tax on supplements
·Taxes on various food items
·Taxes on Dining out
·Tax on all utilities – Phone, hydro, water, waste disposal
·Service charge taxes
·Social Security Tax
·Vehicle License / Registration Tax
·Vehicle Sales Tax
·Workers Compensation Tax
·And now Carbon Tax increasing steadily till 2030
AND I’m sure you can think of more……
STILL THINK THIS IS FUNNY?
Not one of these taxes existed years ago, and our nation was one
of the most prosperous in the world. We had absolutely no national debt.
We had the largest middle class in the world.
A criminal’s life was uncomfortable.
What on earth happened? We can do better.
The government lost its way but we believed them – elected them, you decide.
It is up to each one of us. It will get worse unless we all do something.
I hope this goes around CANADA
