How the Stimulus Plan Will Work
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 WhiteHouse 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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June 21, 2009 @ 5:04 pm
What are you guys talking about? Clinton did amazing things for the economy: http://clinton5.nara.gov/WH/Accomplishments/eightyears-03.html
Bush, with the help of his administration, collapsed America financially.
April 5, 2009 @ 5:01 pm
true Clinton started a small fire and Bush watched it grow for 8 years…he was to busy to put it out, cause he was helping his friends get richer, he could have fixed it, but what do you expect from a cheerleader?….now Obama is stuck with it…….screw em all let all these big greedy companies go bankrupt, help out the little guy for a change
April 3, 2009 @ 4:35 pm
yeah… George Bush didn’t break it, Clinton did, and things didn’t fall apart until Obama… so there!