Coyoteduster
Well-Known Member
Only weeks after leaving office on January
20, 2017, former president Barack Hussein Obama
discovers a leak under his sink, so he calls Joe the Plumber
to come out and fix it. Joe drives to Obama's new house which is
located in a very exclusive, gated community near Chicago where all the
residents have a net income of more than $250,000 per year.
Joe arrives and takes his tools into the house. He is led to the guest bathroom
that contains the leaky pipe under the sink. Joe assesses the problem and tells Obama
that it's an easy repair that will take less than 10 minutes. Obama asks Joe
how much it will cost. Joe 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 my *** if I pay a plumber that much!"
Joe says, "Yes, but what I do is charge those who make $250,000 per year a much
higher amount so I can fix the plumbing of poorer people for free,"
explains Joe. "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 'Affordable Plumbing Act of 2014,
I'm surprised you haven't heard of it."
In spite of that, Obama tells Joe there's no way he's paying that much for a small
plumbing repair, so Joe 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 Joe's price,
Obama does nothing and the leak goes unrepaired for several more days.
A week later the leak is so bad that 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
that the room will flood, so Obama calls Joe and pleads with him to return.
Joe goes back to 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."
Obama quickly fires back, "What! A few days ago you told me it would cost $9,500!"
Joe 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 into 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. 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."
20, 2017, former president Barack Hussein Obama
discovers a leak under his sink, so he calls Joe the Plumber
to come out and fix it. Joe drives to Obama's new house which is
located in a very exclusive, gated community near Chicago where all the
residents have a net income of more than $250,000 per year.
Joe arrives and takes his tools into the house. He is led to the guest bathroom
that contains the leaky pipe under the sink. Joe assesses the problem and tells Obama
that it's an easy repair that will take less than 10 minutes. Obama asks Joe
how much it will cost. Joe 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 my *** if I pay a plumber that much!"
Joe says, "Yes, but what I do is charge those who make $250,000 per year a much
higher amount so I can fix the plumbing of poorer people for free,"
explains Joe. "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 'Affordable Plumbing Act of 2014,
I'm surprised you haven't heard of it."
In spite of that, Obama tells Joe there's no way he's paying that much for a small
plumbing repair, so Joe 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 Joe's price,
Obama does nothing and the leak goes unrepaired for several more days.
A week later the leak is so bad that 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
that the room will flood, so Obama calls Joe and pleads with him to return.
Joe goes back to 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."
Obama quickly fires back, "What! A few days ago you told me it would cost $9,500!"
Joe 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 into 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. 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."
