Joke, but sometimes I feel it's not far from the truth.
 

Why New Zealand is in Trouble


The population of this country is 4 million


2 million are retired


That leaves 2 million to do the work


There are 1.5 million in school


Leaving 500,000 to do the work


Of these, 450,000 are "employed" by the government


So there's only 50,000 to do the work


4000 are in the armed forces, busy trying to catch Osama Bin-Laden


Which leaves just 46,600 to do the work


Take from that total the 10,000 unemployed people


Leaving just 36,600 left to do the work


At any given time there are 18,800 people in hospitals


Leaving 17,800 to do the work


Currently we have 17,798 people in prisons


That leaves just two people to do the work


You and me


And there you are


Sitting on your ass


At the computer, reading jokes


Nice..... Real nice.

Ouch

Pretty funny, and yes not far from the truth.

The originator of this joke was not good at math. When I subtract 4000 from 50000 I get 46000. Also, people in the armed forces are employed by the government, correct? Sorry to pick apart your joke Bill, I've seen similar for here in the states.

Not to mention how many people in hospitals are retired, work for the government, or in school...

Jeez, it's a joke! An old joke, but it's a joke! You have to get it down to two people somehow!

SmileWavy

Well, it's not a joke. I used to live on a block of 40 houses. There were 3 contractors living on the block. One had a job with a company that did parks and municipal work. Every other person that I knew had a job for some kind of government or their company was receiving government funds in some fashion, research, supplies, defense, whatever.

That left 2 of us to do all the work.



Or, more importantly, 2 of us that produced pure unadulterated GDP without taking a dime of anyone's tax money.