Chicago plumber meets Obama...

>  > Only weeks after leaving office on January 20, 2017, > Barack Obama discovers a leak under his sink, so he calls Troy the > Plumber to come out and fix it. >  >  >  >  >  > Troy drives to President Obama's new house, which is located in a very > exclusive, gated community near Chicago, where all the residents have > a net income of way more than $250,000 per year. >  >  >  >  >  > Troy arrives and takes his tools into the house. He is led to the > guest bathroom that contains the leaky pipe under the sink. Troy > assesses the problem and tells Obama that it's an easy repair, that > will take less than 10 minutes. Obama asks Troy how much it will > cost. Troy checks his rate chart and says, "$9,500." >  >  >  > "What?! $9,500?!" Obama asks, stunned, "But you said it's an easy > repair. Michelle will whip me if I pay a plumber that much!" >  >  >  > Troy says, "Yes, but what I do is charge those who make more than > $250,000 per year a much higher amount so I can fix the plumbing of > poorer people for free. This has always been my philosophy. As a > matter of fact, I lobbied the Democrat Congress, who passed this > philosophy into law. Now all plumbers must do business this way. It's > known as the 'Affordable Plumbing Act of 2014'. I'm surprised you > haven't heard of it." >  >  >  > In spite of that, Obama tells Troy there's no way he's paying that > much for a small plumbing repair, so Troy leaves. Obama spends the > next hour flipping through the phone book calling for another plumber, > but he finds that all other plumbing businesses in the area have gone > out of business. Not wanting to pay Troy's price, Obama does nothing > and the leak goes un-repaired for several more days. A week later the > leak is so bad President Obama has had to put a bucket under the sink. >  >  >  > Michelle is not happy as she has Oprah and guests arriving the next > morning. The bucket fills up quickly and has to be emptied every > hour, and there's a risk the room will flood, so Obama calls Troy and > pleads with him to return. >  >  >  > Troy goes back to Obama's house, looks at the leaky pipe, checks his > new rate chart and says, "Let's see, this will now cost you $21,000." >  >  >  > Obama quickly fires back, "What? A few days ago you told me it would > cost $9,500!" >  >  >  > Troy explains, "Well, because of the 'Affordable Plumbing Act,' a lot > of wealthier people are learning how to maintain and take care of > their own plumbing, so there are fewer payers in the plumbing > exchanges. As a result, the price I have to charge wealthy people like > you keeps rising. Not only that, but for some reason the demand for > plumbing work by those who get it for free has skyrocketed! There's a > long waiting list of those who need repairs, but the amount we get > doesn't cover our costs, especially paperwork and record-keeping. This > unfortunately has put a lot of my fellow plumbers out of business, > they're not being replaced, and nobody is going into the plumbing > business because they know they can't make any money at it. I'm > hurting too, all thanks to greedy rich people like you who won't pay > their 'fair share'. On the other hand, why didn't you buy plumbing > insurance last December? If you had bought plumbing insurance > available under the 'Affordable Plumbing Act,' all this would have > been covered by your policy." >  >  >  > "You mean I wouldn't have to pay anything to have you fix my plumbing > problem?" asks Obama. >  >  >  > "Well, not exactly," replies Troy. "You would have had to buy the > insurance before the deadline, which has passed now. And, because > you're rich, you would have had to pay $34,000 in premiums, which > would have given you a 'silver' plan, and then, since this would have > been your first repair, you would have to pay up to the $21,000 > deductible, and anything over that would have a $7,500 co-pay, and > then there's the mandatory maintenance program, which is covered up to > 17.5%, so there are some costs involved. Nothing is for free." >  >  >  > "WHAT?!" exclaims Obama. "Why so much for a puny sink leak?!" >  >  >  > With a bland look, Troy replies, "Well, paperwork, mostly, like I > said. And the internal cost of the program itself. You don't think a > program of this complexity and scope can run itself, do you? Besides, > there are millions of folks with lower incomes than you, even many in > the 'middle class', who qualify for subsidies that people like you > must support. That's why they call it the 'Affordable Plumbing Act'! > Only people who don't make much money can afford it. If you want > affordable plumbing, you'll have to give away most of what you have > accumulated and cut your and Michelle's income by about 90%. Then you > can qualify to GET your 'Fair Share' instead of GIVING it." >  >  >  > "But who would pass a crazy act like the 'Affordable Plumbing Act'?!" > exclaims the exasperated Obama. >  >  >  > After a sigh, Troy replies, "Congress ... because they didn't read it." >  >  >  > This will help you understand Obamacare .... And here you have it, the > 'Affordable Plumbing Act of 2014'. What a marvelous explanation this > is.     ____________________________________________________________