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.