6/07/2007

Then there is this one from emailer Carol H.

We have read much about the following. However, we do not have all the facts to document--so do your research if you do not agree. The examples as to how to reflect on what a billion represents appear to be accurate --unfortunately! This appears to be based in fact. Click on the URL below and read. It is very interesting.

So often, we get caught up in a debate over political semantics and end up ignoring the hard-shell realities of what we're talking about. According to here are some of the realities that Flake-Gutierrez Bill would airbrush out of the picture:

Number of Illegal Aliens in the Country
20,807,645
Money Wired to Mexico City since January, 2006
$22,213,001,672.00
Cost of Social Security Services for Illegal Aliens since 1996
$397,450,739,563.00
Number of Children of Illegal Aliens in Public Schools
3,958,789
Cost of Illegal Aliens in K-12 Since 1996:
$13,965,063,431.00
Number of Illegal Aliens Incarcerated
332,594
Cost of Incarcerations Since 2001
$1,398,127,429.00
Number of Illegal Aliens Fugitives
642,799
Skilled Jobs Taken by Illegal Aliens
9,872,838

Figures can trick your eyes. Take particular note that items 2,3,5, and 7 reflect BILLION not millions of dollars -- and that item 3 exceeds one-third of a TRILLION dollars. Can you imagine how much it will cost taxpayers if we triple the number of Illegals entering this country!

So, What's in a Billion? Granted................. this is from the US !

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 $516,528.00
b. Or, if you have one of the 188,251 homes in New Orleans , your home gets $1,329,787.00
c. Or, if you are a family of four, your family gets $2,066,012.00

Nancy Pelosi and her pals don't care. It's Mexico that is important.

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