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Tuesday, September 19, 2006
Entitlements and National Debt The Roman Empire lasted for another few centuries until 476 when Odoacer the German deposed Romulus Augustus and that was the end of western Roman Empire. Now that it's in perspective...It would take longer than a billion seconds to count to 1 billion because most of the numbers take longer to say than one second. Perhaps about 95 years to count to one trillion... say 485,732,394,723 real fast, three times. That's only 485+ billion. It would take 3 18-wheeler trailers jam packed to the top to carry 1 billion dollars in $100 dollar bills. Now, your great aunt Bertha died and left you $1 billion dollars but you must spend $1000 per day or you lose everything... do you have enough days left in your lifetime to spend it all? How long does it take to spend $1 billion dollars if you spend $1000 per day? It would take 2740 years to spend that much money. But, our Legislators spend over that every day... they spend your entire inheritance PLUS some in one day. That's scary. I have heard it said that Congress haggles over $15,000 longer than they haggle over $1 million. We live in the land of milk and honey and it is down right scary that Congress doesn't bat an eyelash at the national debt. The day I graduated from college back in December '05, my part of the nation debt was $26,000 ... now it is $28,351 and change. The national debt is increasing $1.72 Billion per day. Kinda makes me sick at my stomach, actually. One billion seconds ago, I had graduated from High School and was a freshman in college. The national debt was $469,898,039,554.70. Today the national debt is $8,486,373,096,666.14 ... So what is my point, I can hear you asking. We are in the Quadrillions and the point is the entitlements. The very name entitlement gets my bile rising. No one is entitled to anything unless they work for it. That is a Biblical principle that worked well for Paul and the Apostles and it should work well for us. But, like the Romans, we've become too fat and lazy to work for our supper. We want to hold out our hands and expect the gold to fall into our palms. Unfortunately, if we are not careful, like the Romans, our money will begin to be monopoly money and the free wine and free bread along with the daily free ham will drain us all dry. Once the masses are deprived of their freebies, they get really nasty. I'm wondering if that isn't happening already. I haven't noticed any belt-cinching since the war in Iraq or since Katrina, but the money pool is not as full as it once was. However, as for me and my house, we will serve the Lord and render to Uncle Sam what is Uncle Sam's and render to God what is God's. That has worked really well so far. God promises something beautiful when we bring the tithes into the storehouse. He wants us to test Him, try Him, prove Him and the blessings, unmeasured blessings He will pour out on us. Gina is a redactor for an internet marketing firm. She is a columnist for Live As If... and a site administrator for Studylightforums.org. You can visit her blog at Refeshment in Refuge Billion How Much Is A Billion Bible Christians Christian Living Christianity National Debt Blogger News Network is advertiser-supported, and your visits to our advertisers help BNN to meet its expenses. Help keep us afloat! posted by Gina Burgess at 8:26 AM |
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