We are in trouble …
The population of this country is 300 million.
160 million are retired.
That leaves 140 million to do the work.
There are 85 million in school.
Which leaves 55 million to do the work.
Of this there are 35 million employed by the federal government.
Leaving 15 million to do the work.
2.8 million are in the armed forces preoccupied with killing Osama Bin-Laden
Which leaves 12.2 million to do the work.
Take from that total the 10.8 million people who work for state and city Governments.
and that leaves 1.4 million to do the work.
At any given time there are 188,000 people in hospitals.
Leaving 1,212,000 to do the work.
Now, there are 1,211,998 people in prisons.
That leaves just two people to do the work.
You and me.
And there you are, sitting on your ass at your computer, reading jokes.
Nice. Real nice.
Tony Sena says:
Your math is a little off 🙂
February 5, 2009 — 11:02 pm
Thomas Hall says:
@Tony – what’s a few hundred billion?
February 5, 2009 — 11:04 pm
Grog says:
Could not agree more…the very last post I did on my blog brought up some of the same issues.
February 6, 2009 — 7:26 am
Greg Swann says:
Brilliant!
February 6, 2009 — 7:45 am
Jennifer K Giraldi says:
I guess we should let the people out of prison to help us out. Maybe they can help us sell real estate! LOL
February 6, 2009 — 7:48 am
Ryan Martin says:
That is great Thomas. As someone who spends nearly all day in a real estate office, I certainly get the feeling that there is nobody else working sometimes. On a typical work day, I don’t see anyone else for at least my first two hours of work.
February 6, 2009 — 11:03 am
Trey says:
Aren’t the military part of the fed gov employees?
February 6, 2009 — 12:32 pm
James Boyer says:
Ok, that was funny but the numbers have to be off.
February 6, 2009 — 5:55 pm
Thomas Hall says:
Numbers, shmumbers – who’s really counting these days, anyway?
Honestly – thanks everyone for your comments! Had to add some levity to the current climate. 🙂
February 6, 2009 — 7:41 pm
pawleys island says:
who is really counting now days, in my area they just had to open a new unemployement office!
February 7, 2009 — 12:08 am
David M Childress says:
God, that was hysterical, thank you so much, I needed that!
February 8, 2009 — 10:05 am