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Topic: This is the system you assholes voted for....
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Leonard
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posted February 26, 2009 07:47 PM
Via email:
Three Contractors are bidding to fix a broken fence at the White
House.
One is from Chicago, another is from Tennessee, and the third is from
Minnesota.
All three go with a White House official to examine the fence.
The Minnesota contractor takes out a tape measure and does some
measuring, then works some figures with a pencil.
"Well," he says, "I figure the job will run about $900: $400 for materials,
$400 for my crew and $100 profit for me."
The Tennessee contractor also does some measuring and figuring,
then says, "I can do this job for $700: $300 for materials, $300 for my
crew and $100 profit for me."
The Chicago contractor doesn't measure or figure, but leans over
to the White House official and whispers, "$2,700."
The official, incredulous, says, "You didn't even measure like
the other guys! How did you come up with such a high figure?"
The Chicago contractor whispers back, "$1000 for me, $1000 for
you, and we hire the guy from Tennessee to fix the fence."
"Done!" replies the government official.
And that, my friends, is how the new stimulus plan will work.
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EL BEE Knows It All and Done It All.
Don't piss me off!
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electrodude
Knows what it's all about
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posted February 27, 2009 10:43 AM
What is scarier is that the GDP (gross domestic product) shrank by over 6% in the last quarter of last year.
I wonder what we'll be entertained with to distract us from realizing that the mob is getting too big for the coliseum?
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Just once, I'd like to hear the stewardess say, "In the event of a water landing, well, you're screwed."
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