Thursday Thoughts... Early Edition, Our Politics at work???

[kiwi#9582]

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 White House 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 works .

[Jeff K]

Oddly enough that crap happens all the time. I get bribes from contractors all the time. When I worked in Dallas I had to keep my car locked to keep people from putting things IN my car!!