Three contractors are bidding to fix a boken fence at the White
> House. One is from Chicago, another is from Tennessee, and the
> third is from Minnesota.
>
> All three go with a White house official to examine the fence. The
> Minnesota contractor takes out atape measure and does some
> measuring, then works some figures with a pencil. "Well," he
says, "I figure
> the job will run about $900: $400 for materials, $400 for my crew and
> $100 profit for me."
>
> The Tennessee contractor also does some measuring and figuring,
> then says, "I can do thisjob for $700: $300 for materials, $300 for
my
> crew and $100 profit for m=."
>
> The Chicago contractor doesn't measure or figure, but leans over to
the White House official and whispers, "$2,700."
>
> The official, incredulous, says, "You didn't even measure like
the
> other guys! How did you come up with such a high figure?"
> The Chicago contractor whispers back, "$1000 for me, $1000 for
> you, and we hire the guy from Tennessee to fix the fence."
>
> "Done!" replies the government official.
>
> And that, my friends, is how the new stimulus plan will work.
good one Irwin
been in the construction businesses for over 30yrs that is how it works now, will be a lot worse with the stimulus plan!
ROFLMAO!!!!!! :evil: so true, so very true.
That is how they do it!!!