Who is working?

  • The population of this country is 300 million.

  • 160 million are retired.
  • That leaves 140 million to do the work.

  • There are 85 million in school.
  • Which leaves 55 million to do the work.

  • Of this there are 35 million employed by the federal government.
  • Leaving 15 million to do the work.

  • 2.8 million are in the armed forces preoccupied with killing Osama bin Laden.
  • Which leaves 12.2 million to do the work.

  • Take from that total the 10.8 million 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 the work.

  • You and me.
  • And there you are, sitting on your ass, at your computer, reading jokes.
  • Nice. Real nice.