Tuesday, September 04, 2007
You had to know this one was coming
The Federal Government is incompetent when it comes to handling money.
No, I don’t mean the $320 million Bridge to nowhere (the one that was so expensive, they could have bought a helicopter and cabin cruiser for every one of the 8,900 people living on the island) or the grant to study why men amd women look at kissing differently.
I mean that the Feds are so fucking incompetent that they couldn’t sell an orgasm and make a profit.
However, while interesting, this is not the part of it’s history that is really fascinating. What we’re interested in is this little tid-bit buried way down in the article: after several years of tax shenanigans by the owner, the Mustang Ranch became the first (Official. Licensed.) brothel run by the United States Federal Government.
They lost money.
Let us allow that simple, yet profound, truth sink into our synapses, shall we?
The Federal Government of the United States can not run a bordello and make money.
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So, the next time some bright-eyed little bit starts chanting about “Universal Health Care”, I’m going to loudly and firmly opine that until the Federal Government is capable of running a profitable brothel ... they’ve got no business trying to run my health care.
Thanks to Larry for the pointer.