>
>
> The next time you hear a politician use the words "billion"
> casually, think about whether you want that politician
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
perspective in one
> of its releases:
>
>
> A billion seconds ago, it was 1959.
>
>
> A billion minutes ago, Jesus was alive.
>
>
> A billion hours ago, our ancestors were living in the Stone
Age.
>
>
> A billion dollars ago was only 8 hours and 20 minutes, at
the rate
> Washington spends it.
>