How many zeros in a billion?

[olly203]

This is too true to be funny.
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.

Building Permit Tax
Cigarette Tax
Corporate Income Tax
Dog License Tax
Income Tax
Unemployment Tax
Fishing License Tax
Food License Tax
Fuel Permit Tax
Petrol/Diesel Tax
Hunting License Tax
Inheritance Tax
Inventory Tax
(tax on top of tax)
Liquor Tax
Luxury Tax
Marriage License Tax
Property Tax
Real Estate Tax
Service charge taxes
Social Security Tax
Road Usage Tax
Local Tax
Vehicle License Registration Tax
Vehicle Sales Tax
Workers Compensation Tax
STILL THINK THIS IS FUNNY?
Not one of these taxes existed 100 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...
And Mom stayed home to raise the kids.
What happened?
Can you spell 'politicians!'

I hope this goes around the
UK
At least a billion times
What the hell happened?????

[Meat-Head]

It's look americanised if you ask me.

Can't rembember what it is but if seem to thnk Americans don't quite count like us, something daft like we say "100,000 one hundrad thousand" and the americans would say something daft, but cant remeber what.

[Itsme]

An excellent post giving much food for thought.

And just to answer your question

English Billion = 1 million million = 1,000,000,000,000

American Billion = 1 thousand million = 1,000,000,000

I would rather be a billionaire in UK than USA if I had a choice

[patkins]

Why not hope that this interesting thread goes around Britain 1 billion times.Ta,

[RedSpider]

An excellent post giving much food for thought.

And just to answer your question

English Billion = 1 million million = 1,000,000,000,000

American Billion = 1 thousand million = 1,000,000,000

I would rather be a billionaire in UK than USA if I had a choice

not true anymore. a billion was standardised. 1,000,000,000 in england used to be known as a milliard. only the english used it and in much the same way that only we called a snickers a marathon, we were forced to change

[saab1]

English Billion = 1 million million = 1,000,000,000,000

American Billion = 1 thousand million = 1,000,000,000

[kct7]

? !

[Itsme]

not true anymore. a billion was standardised. 1,000,000,000 in england used to be known as a milliard. only the english used it and in much the same way that only we called a snickers a marathon, we were forced to change

Really I didn't know that.

When and by whom was it standardised?

[RedSpider]

Really I didn't know that.

When and by whom was it standardised?

i have no date or name to give you just the fact that it was standardised. it was done so for banking and financial purposes. common sense really when you think about it

[thered]

i never even knew that an english billion was a million million i always thought a billion was a thousand million

anyways here some clarification that even we use the american/french version as the norm nowadays

AskOxford: How many is a billion?

[Itsme]

i never even knew that an english billion was a million million i always thought a billion was a thousand million

anyways here some clarification that even we use the american/french version as the norm nowadays

AskOxford: How many is a billion?

thanks for the confirmation

It would appear that I am not as rich as I thought I was

[bazzw6]

it would appear that i'm not as in debt as i thjought i was !!!!

[bei0759]

i would be confused by any number that bigger than million..