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Monday, February 16, 2009

How our real Government works

Three contractors are bidding to fix a broken fence at the White House in D.C. One from Kentucky , one from Tennessee , and a third from Jersey . They all go in to examine the fence with a White House official.

The Tennessee 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 Kentucky 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 Jersey contractor doesn't measure or figure, but leans over to the White House official and whispers,'$2,700.'

The official, incredulous, whispers back, 'You didn't even measure like the other guys! How did you come up with such a high figure?'

The Jersey contractor whispers back, '$1000 for me, $1000 for you, and we hire that guy from Kentucky to fix the fence.'

'Done!' replies the government official.

And that, my friends, is how it all works!!!

4 comments:

Sue said...

ROTFL!!!

You got THAT right! Mind if I use it?

Greg P. said...

In Chicago it would be $1000 for me, a $1000 for you, hire the guy from Tennessee to do the job, have him arrested for not having work permits and take the $900 from him and split it.

Eddie said...

Sue, feel free to use anything you see in my blogs. I'm not an original person, most of what I put in my blogs came from someone else.

Sue said...

Thanks, Eddie.

I just posted it...along with some more stuff to go along with it. You might want to check it all out.

I get too worked up, I am afraid...