thisnumbersdisconnected
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It's negligible, in comparison to the rest of the budget. Less than 1/10th of one percent. Still, it's a lot of money. Just wouldn't do much for anyone or anything if reallocated.
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Spend a billion here, a billion there and pretty soon we're talking about "real money," or so the saying goes. But what is a billion? Most struggle to know more about this number than "it's big". Consider first what a million is. You're born and let's say that's when the clock starts. 86,400 seconds later you're 1 day old. How old are you when 1 million seconds have gone by?
So you are about 11½ days old when the first million seconds have gone by. Now to get the idea of a billion, how old are you when your clock reaches 1,000,000,000?
Where one (1) Million seconds is about 11½ DAYS, one (1) Billion seconds is 11574.0740741 DAYS, or 31.709 YEARS.
11 days vs 31 years...
Spend a billion here, a billion there and pretty soon we're talking about some "real money".
So you are about 11½ days old when the first million seconds have gone by. Now to get the idea of a billion, how old are you when your clock reaches 1,000,000,000?
Where one (1) Million seconds is about 11½ DAYS, one (1) Billion seconds is 11574.0740741 DAYS, or 31.709 YEARS.
11 days vs 31 years...
Spend a billion here, a billion there and pretty soon we're talking about some "real money".
Then they wont miss it...
thisnumbersdisconnected
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Actually, it's a repeating decimal, but close enough for government work.
11.57407407407407
11.57407407407407
jasoncran
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No but well, they call it a sales tax, but not a sales fee.
so when we buy tires and batteries we get taxed? not to mention changing oil? used oil fee, tire recycling fee etc, and yet the government does nothing with that. I know, we get paid for our oil.
so when we buy tires and batteries we get taxed? not to mention changing oil? used oil fee, tire recycling fee etc, and yet the government does nothing with that. I know, we get paid for our oil.
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You expect politicans to answer their own phones, write their own letters, respond to their own emails? Well, at least they'd actually be doing something.
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Noooo! That would be irrational! :crazy Or maybe I've got that wrong way around again, and I'm irrational. That makes more sense.
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Of course it would. But let's not forget, I specialize in the irrational. :D
(You've heard of mixed metaphors? I just mixed disciplnes. Honestly, it wasn't as much fun.)
www.senate.gov/reference/resources/pdf/98-758.pdf I wonder if this was included in the costs listed
That would be the average tax paying American not all pay taxes
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http://www.ijreview.com/2013/03/419...re-on-strip-club-spending-in-florida-anymore/
why am I not surprised.
why am I not surprised.
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Sales tax would be based on total retail sales. I posted earlier that that simply isn't enough, not even 15% of the budget.
Where did you come up with that figure.
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