Ferrari Mailing List: Re: Understanding Stimulus

[Dan Warlick (edwf430]

Now that's funny right there.......... I don't care who you are............
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From: "Jim" <jimshadow [at] verizon.net>
To: "Daniel" <edwf430 [at] att.net>
Cc: <razbarrys [at] aol.com>; "The FerrariList" <ferrari [at] ferrarilist.com>
Sent: Saturday, February 28, 2009 2:13 PM
Subject: [Ferrari] Understanding Stimulus


> 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.
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> 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."
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> 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."
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> The Chicago contractor doesn't measure or figure, but  leans over to the 
> White House official and whispers, "$2,700."
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> The  official, incredulous, says, "You didn't even measure like the other 
> guys!  How did you come up with such a high figure?"
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> The Chicago  contractor whispers back, "$1000 for me, $1000 for you, and 
> we hire that asshole from Tennessee to fix the fence."
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> "Done!" replies the  government official.
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> And that, my friends, is how the new stimulus  plan will  work.
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