The Poll Results: A Trick Question

As my first poll, I thought I'd have a little fun.  I asked the following:

Which of the following would you trust more with your money?  An auto company, A big bank, A failed brothel, or the US government.

Of the six responses I received, four said they'd trust their money more with a big bank, and two said they'd trust the failed brothel.  Now, as you've guessed from the title of this post, the poll was a trick question: all of the answers are the same entitiy.

I assume I don't need to explain the first two answers in light of today's economic climate.  As for the brothel, in 1990 the IRS siezed the Mustang Ranch in Nevada for tax evasion.  Due to a quirk in the law, the government was required to operate the brothel for a time.  The business was shortly sold again, primarily through piece-meal sales of the various physical assets.

Our government failed to make money selling sex and alcohol, and this week it is likely they'll take over the health of 300 million citizens.  We continue to elect people who hold no other position, who've had no career outside politics, and we think they have the experience, the capacity to run major operations like national health care?  They might know how to win elections, ladies and gentlemen, but they have no idea how to improve your lot in life.

So the next time you're sitting in a doctor's lobby or the ER waiting area, you can play a little game to make the time pass.  Look at each of the people around you, and ask yourself: how hard would it be to sell a lapdance to him?  Does she look like she could use a drink?

Maybe our government will take a cue from Wal-Mart, where you can eat McDonald's, have your picture taken, and get your eyes examined just after your salon appointment.  When you walk into a hospital in the near future, there might be a banking counter to your right, an auto dealership to your left, and on the third floor, well, that's only for patients with no history of liver or heart trouble.

Stay healthy,
MK