Friday, June 04, 2004
I've done some research, and apparently 74% of our GDP is now being spent on telling people not to do things that don't affect other people. This includes:
* $600B, Drug enforcement activity
* $300B, Drug addiction and treatment
* $250B, Alcohol treatment
* $190B, Anti-smoking
* $145B, Anti-obesity
* $90B, Prevention of prostitution, gambling, and betting on prostitution.
* $30B, Friends don't let friends drive a Ford.
* $15B, Petitioning for the removal of inflatable Dos Equis bottles.
It seems like we can save a lot of money by replacing all of the above with one small organization that releases a semi-annual report stating simply, "I don't care what you do". Further, I volunteer to personally run the foundation, and I pledge that it can all be accomplished for less than $2 Billion.
Note: All facts, opinions, statistics, and analyses in the preceding are completely fabricated.
* $600B, Drug enforcement activity
* $300B, Drug addiction and treatment
* $250B, Alcohol treatment
* $190B, Anti-smoking
* $145B, Anti-obesity
* $90B, Prevention of prostitution, gambling, and betting on prostitution.
* $30B, Friends don't let friends drive a Ford.
* $15B, Petitioning for the removal of inflatable Dos Equis bottles.
It seems like we can save a lot of money by replacing all of the above with one small organization that releases a semi-annual report stating simply, "I don't care what you do". Further, I volunteer to personally run the foundation, and I pledge that it can all be accomplished for less than $2 Billion.
Note: All facts, opinions, statistics, and analyses in the preceding are completely fabricated.
