> 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.
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> 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.
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> 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."
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> "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!"
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> 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."
>
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> 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.
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> 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.
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> 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."
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> Obama quickly fires back, "What? A few days ago you told me it would
> cost $9,500!"
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> 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."
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> "You mean I wouldn't have to pay anything to have you fix my plumbing
> problem?" asks Obama.
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> "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?!"
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> 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."
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> "But who would pass a crazy act like the 'Affordable Plumbing Act'?!"
> exclaims the exasperated Obama.
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> After a sigh, Troy replies, "Congress ... because they didn't read it."
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> This will help you understand Obamacare .... And here you have it, the
> 'Affordable Plumbing Act of 2014'. What a marvelous explanation this
> is.
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