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 overworked?I'm tired because I'm overworked. Here's why: The population of the USA is about 273 million. 140 million are retired. That leaves 133 million to do the work. There are 85 million in school. Which leaves 48 million to do the work. Of this there are 29 million employed by the federal government. Leaving 19 million to do the work. 2.8 million are in the armed forces. Which leaves 16.2 million to do the work. Take from the total the 14,800,000 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 all the work. You and me, and you're sitting on your rear, at your computer, reading jokes Have a great day Dave |
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chuckventimiglia 12-Oct-05, 13:56 |
I am one of the retired and love it. are the holidays and 3 day weekends. when I retired I realized I wasn't getting any holidays off, no 3 day weekends. Instead I can claim any day as a holiday and my weekends are 7 days long. What a tough life this is!! |
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leo_london 13-Oct-05, 01:17 |
Dave.. |
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chuckventimiglia 13-Oct-05, 06:51 |
I do not understand the 2 posts above. |
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leo_london 13-Oct-05, 07:13 |
chuck.. I know they were not " real " stats...all a joke really. |
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chuckventimiglia 13-Oct-05, 07:21 |
I knew it was a joke!! maybe there was something I was missing. What Dave said above may be a joke but it is almost true. There are less and less people working to pay for the ever growing numbers of people getting on the "govt. bandwagon" free rides. I have heard people say that govt. assistance in the US needs to be expanded. I on the other hand think that too many people are getting too much for doing nothing. It leads to entire generations of people living off the taxpayers. Do you guys in the UK have similar opinions about govt. assistance in the UK? |
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leo_london 13-Oct-05, 08:06 |
chuck.. Another point is the sheer wastage in the " public service sector "..pick up a copy of the " Guardian " newspaper and there will be 20/30 pages of jobs with all sorts of spurious titles, all with lovely fat salaries...I dont think anyone knows what these people actually " do " for a living. |
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chuckventimiglia 13-Oct-05, 08:19 |
Don't get me wrong!! has to be a limit. In the US we have raised generations of people that live off the govt. and still complain they need more. I think part of the problem that caused the recent havoc in New Orleans was the "welfare state" mentality. Many people are waiting for the feds to support them and do all of their thinking for them as well. Hurricane Katrina ravaged New Orleans but few people realize that Mississippi was actually harder hit but New Orleans got all the press. You did not hear too much about Mississippi and Alabama because the state and local officials had much better control of the situation. Louisiana did not!! Instead they were waiting for the federal govt. to be their saviour. It is not a racial thing. Mississippi and Alabama have a high % Black population as does New Orleans but the mentality is totally different. People of all races need to learn to do for themselves as well as get help where they can get it. It is the "doing for yourself" that is foreign to many. |
