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Wizzard
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« on: July 12, 2015, 10:16:49 AM »

Plumber at Obama's New House
>
> Only weeks after leaving office on January 20, 2017, former President
> Barack Obama discovers a leak under his sink, so he calls Troy the
> Plumber to come out and fix it.
>
>
> Troy drives to President Obama's new house, which is located in a very
> exclusive, gated community near Chicago where all the residents have a
> net income of way more than $250,000 per year.
>
>
> Troy arrives and takes his tools into the house.  He is led to the
> guest bathroom that contains the leaky pipe under the sink.  Troy
> assesses the problem and tells President Obama that it's an easy
> repair that will take less than 10 minutes.  President Obama asks Troy
> how much it will cost.  Troy checks his rate chart and says, "$9,500."
>
>
> "What?!  $9,500?!" Obama asks, stunned, "But you said it's an easy
> repair. Michelle will whip me if I pay a plumber that much!"
>
>
> Troy says, "Yes, but what I do is charge those who make more than
> $250,000 per year a much higher amount so I can fix the plumbing of
> poorerpeople for free.  This has always been my philosophy.  As a
> matter of fact, I lobbied the Democrat Congress, who passed this
> philosophy into law. Now all plumbers must do business this way.  It's
> known as the 'Affordable Plumbing Act of 2014'.  I'm surprised you haven't heard of it."
>
>
> In spite of that, Obama tells Troy there's no way he's paying that
> much for a small plumbing repair, so Troy leaves.  Obama spends the
> next hour flipping through the phone book calling for another plumber,
> but he finds that all other plumbing businesses in the area have gone
> out of business. Not wanting to pay Troy 's price, Obama does nothing
> and the leak goes un-repaired for several more days.  A week later the
> leak is so bad President Obama has had to put a bucket under the sink.
>
> Michelle is not happy as she has Oprah and guests arriving the next
> morning.  The bucket fills up quickly and has to be emptied every
> hour, and there's a risk the room will flood, so Obama calls Troy and
> pleads with him to return.
>
>
> Troy goes back to President Obama's house, looks at the leaky pipe,
> checks his new rate chart and says, "Let's see, this will now cost you
> $21,000."
>
>
> President Obama
> quickly fires back, "What? A few days ago you told me it would cost
> $9,500!"
>
>
> Troy explains, "Well, because of the 'Affordable Plumbing Act,' a lot
> of wealthier people are learning how to maintain and take care of
> their own plumbing, so there are fewer payers in the plumbing
> exchanges.  As a result, the price I have to charge wealthy people
> like you keeps rising. Not only that, but for some reason the demand
> for plumbing work by those who get it for free has skyrocketed!
> There's a long waiting list of those who need repairs, but the amount
> we get doesn't cover our costs, especially paperwork and
> record-keeping.  This unfortunately has put a lot of my fellow
> plumbers out of business, they're not being replaced, and nobody is
> going into the plumbing business because they know they can't make any
> money at it.  I'm hurting too, all thanks to greedy rich people like
> you who won't pay their 'fair share'.  On the other hand, why didn't
> you buy plumbing insurance last December?  If you had bought plumbing
> insurance available under the 'Affordable Plumbing Act,' all this would have been covered by your policy."
>
>
> "You mean I wouldn't have to pay anything to have you fix my plumbing
> problem?" asks Obama.
>
>
> "Well, not exactly," replies Troy . "You would have had to buy the
> insurance before the deadline, which has passed now. And, because
> you're rich, you would have had to pay $34,000 in premiums, which
> would have given you a 'silver' plan, and then, since this would have
> been your first repair, you would have to pay up to the $21,000
> deductible, and anything over that would have a $7,500 co-pay, and
> then there's the mandatory maintenance program, which is covered up to 17.5%, so there are some costs involved.  Nothing is for free."
>
>
> "WHAT?!" exclaims
> Obama.  "Why so much for a puny sink leak?!"
>
>
> With a bland look, Troy replies, "Well, paperwork, mostly, like I
> said.  And the internal cost
> of the program itself.   You don't think a
> program of this complexity
> and scope can run itself, do you?   Besides, there
> are millions of folks with lower incomes than you, even many in the
> 'middle class', who qualify for subsidies that people like you must support.
> That's why they call it the 'Affordable Plumbing Act'!  Only people
> who don't make much money can afford it.  If you want affordable
> plumbing, you'll have to give away most of what you have accumulated
> and cut your and Michelle's income by about 90%.  Then you can qualify
> to GET your 'Fair Share' instead of GIVING it."
>
>
> "But who would pass
> a crazy act like the 'Affordable Plumbing Act'?!" exclaims the
> exasperated Obama.
>
>
> After a sigh, Troy replies, "Congress... because they didn't read it."
>
>
> This will help you
> understand Obama care....
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bentwrench
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« Reply #1 on: July 12, 2015, 01:00:41 PM »

Touche'
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Chrisj CMA
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« Reply #2 on: July 12, 2015, 01:44:43 PM »

That's if Obama actually leaves office and goes back to being a citizen....I have my doubts
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Karen
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« Reply #3 on: July 12, 2015, 06:38:59 PM »

Thanks!
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