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YEP. We’re Screwed…
Posted by Duncan on January 26th, 2009
We are in trouble…
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.
January 27th, 2009 at 4:01 pm
Yep, and you’re busy writing those jokes. So just where does that leave our nation?
January 27th, 2009 at 4:59 pm
Told ya. We’re screwed.
January 27th, 2009 at 5:09 pm
I thought this might be a joke when I saw the line where 160 million of us are retired, which would be over half the total population. If that’s the case, we’re definitely screwed.
January 28th, 2009 at 4:57 pm
well you better get busy and pay your taxes…..I need some
February 1st, 2009 at 5:26 pm
A bit of quick google didn’t give me the numbers I was looking for. I do have the numbers for my county (basically Boston plus a little). These match my rules of thumb: 1/3rd of the population is in school, 1/3rd is working, and 1/3rd is unemployed/retried.