Who's working anyway? > >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 > >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 bun, at your computer, reading jokes. > >Nice. Real nice. :lol:
