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Begin forwarded message:
Subject: Re: FW: Redistribution test
Today on my way to lunch I passed a homeless guy with a sign that read "Vote Obama, I need the money." I laughed.
Once in the restaurant my server had on a "Obama 08" tie, again I laughed as he had given away his political preference--just imagine the coincidence.
When the bill came I decided not to tip the server and explained to him that I was exploring the Obama redistribution of wealth concept. He stood there in disbelief while I told him that I was going to redistribute his tip to someone who I deemed more in need--the homeless guy outside. The server angrily stormed from my sight.
I went outside, gave the homeless guy $10 and told him to thank the server inside as I've decided he could use the money more. The homeless guy was grateful.
At the end of my rather unscientific redistribution experiment I
realized the homeless guy was grateful for the money he did not earn,but the waiter was pretty angry that I gave away the money he did earn even though the actual recipient deserved money more.
I guess redistribution of wealth is an easier thing to swallow in
concept than in practical application.
OR IS IT.........REDISTRIBUTION OF SOMEONE ELSE'S WEALTH IS A GREAT IDEA
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To: Sender of Hilarious Joke
From: Recipient
Subject: Fwd: Redistribution test
I wonder how the sender of these oh-so-hilarious jokes feels about the $2-3 trillion of his money and everyone else's that Bush and the Republicans have poured down the rat-hole of Iraq, not to mention the $700 billion and counting we are hemorrhaging to the big banks that have paid their executives tens of billions in bonuses over the past decade, but suddenly -- oops! -- all their money's gone and Joe the Plumber, along with the rest of us, has to bail them out. Then there are the handouts being requested by GM & Chrysler and Ford because they lacked the good business sense to see further into the future than their noses and kept building gas guzzlers they can't even give away now. Suddenly, they are Too Big To Fail, along with the Wall Street megabucks guys, and we're supposed to pick up the tab?
Also ask them how much they like dealing with their private health-insurance company, and whether they think the executives of those companies deserve to take home hundreds of millions as a reward for denying care to sick & dying people and giving them endless runarounds to collect on their benefits.
Just keep repeating the mantra: The Republicans: The Party That Wrecked America
Fortunately, enough of the electorate seems finally able to see through the BS -- reflected in jokes like the one below -- and are voting these jerks out. Now they can all drive their SUVs and pickup trucks to the mega-churches and roll in the aisles worshipping Sarah Palin, but if the Good Lord smiles upon the US of A these buffoons will not be occupying the halls of power for years to come.
