So let me get this right…
I’m out of work, I could start a business, plan on creating a job or two, and the economy is in the crapper. If my calculations are right, I could apply for a Government Stimulus under the TARP.
Can anyone direct me to the webpage where I ask Congress for a loan?
So what business would I create? I could write a book about Cincinnati during the Great Depression. That will employ an editor, a designer, a type setter, a binder, a publisher, and a bookstore staff member to place that book on a shelf. That stimulus package could be worth about $465,000.
Or what if I create a photo studio and sell photos of people’s pets and small children? I could franchise this studio to all the Targets in the region and make a killing! This stimulus amount should be worth $1.79 million since I’m creating that many more jobs.
Maybe I could open a store where I stock and sell local children’s books. I’ve employed local writers, local folks to sell these books, and all the fixins to make this work. Simulus: $157,000.
That might just be a bit overdramatic. But who am I to know better…




15 January 2009 at 1:44 pm
so this doesn’t really have anything to do with your roof leaking huh? I guess that’s just on my mind….
and this has been another installment of just how self involved I am…
hope all is well Bragg – my computer shut down on me the other day after I had typed War & Peace to you…and it wouldn’t send…
I need a mac???
15 January 2009 at 2:15 pm
You retyped War and Peace?!???!? Why on earth would you do that when you can purchase a copy at B&N for like $7?
I thought you had that roof fixed last spring.
And you don’t need a mac. I don’t want to start a flame war here, but they aren’t any better than pc when it comes to writing and sending emails. Unless you’re purely motivated by recreating your image while writing and sending email, save the cash you’d spend on a mac, buy a pc, and fix your roof.
If you’re not interested in writing that email again, we can always get together for coffee or lunch. It’s not like I got much going on these days…
15 January 2009 at 5:39 pm
You could start your own ManWhoring business. You can put me in your stable of ManWhores… I figure I’m worth $3.75 per hour, the average “encounter” would then be 44 cents (7 minutes). Let’s say twice daily (not gonna happen), and I don’t wanna work Firdays anymore so let’s go monday thru Thursday. That’s an annual income of… $183.04! Call your congressman!