A message from Barack Obama
 

Dear Citizens,

Due to the current financial situation caused by the slowdown in the economy, I, President Obama have decided to implement a scheme to put workers of 50 years of age and above on early retirement.

This scheme will be known as RAPE (Retire Aged People Early).

Persons selected to be RAPED can apply to Congress to be considered for the SHAFT scheme (Special Help After Forced Termination).

Persons who have been RAPED and SHAFTED will be reviewed under the SCREW program (Scheme Covering Retired-Early Workers).

A person may be RAPED once, SHAFTED twice and SCREWED as many times as I, President Obama deem appropriate.

Persons who have been RAPED could get AIDS (Additional Income for Dependants &Spouse) or HERPES (Half Earnings for Retired Personnel Early Severance).

Obviously persons who have AIDS or HERPES will not be SHAFTED or SCREWED any further by me, President Obama.

Persons who are not RAPED and are staying on will receive as much SHIT (Special High Intensity Training) as possible. I, President Obama have always prided myself on the amount of SHIT I give our citizens.

Should you feel that you do not receive enough SHIT, please bring this to the attention of your Congressman, who has been trained to give you all the SHIT you can handle.

Sincerely,

President Obama

P.S.
Due to recent budget cuts and the rising cost of electricity, gas and oil, as well as current market conditions, the Light at the End of the Tunnel has been turned off.

LOL!!! That's about the size of it! :1orglaugh:1orglaugh

Boned. Bilked, ousted, nogged, earmarked & destroyed. It is the final phase.

"implement a scheme to put workers of 50 years of age and above on early retirement" ... corporate America already does that, and takes away their retirement healthcare benefits too in the process.

I'm no fan of Obama (I didn't vote for him nor McCain), but I don't see how he can do any worse.

And in regards to healthcare reform - the simple answer is to expand Medicare to cover people of all ages...

Won't come for free, but then the current employer paid system is becoming very costly for many employees whose employers are reducing the benefit, and for many smaller employers, dropping healthcare benefits entirely.

And anyways, as of now with no real safety net for middle class wage earners, employer sponsored health insurance essentually makes those employees indentured servants; think of the many times people bitch about how bad their job is, but stay for fear of losing their heathcare benefits.

Ron