Submitted by: Edward Moore
This is long, but worth the time.
Plumber at the Obama's House
Only weeks after leaving office on January 20, 2017, former President
Barack Obama discovers a leak under his sink, so he calls Troy the
Plumber to come out and fix it.
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.
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 President Obama that it's an easy
repair that will take less than 10 minutes. President Obama asks Troy
how much it will cost. Troy checks his rate chart and says, "$9,500."
"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!"
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."
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 unrepaired for several more days. A week later the
leak is so bad President Obama has had to put a bucket under the sink.
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.
Troy goes back to President 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."
President Obama quickly fires back, "What? A few days ago you told me
it would cost $9,500!"
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."
"You mean I wouldn't have to pay anything to have you fix my plumbing
problem?" asks Obama.
"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?!"
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."
"But who would pass a crazy act like the 'Affordable Plumbing Act'?!"
exclaims the exasperated Obama.
After a sigh, Troy replies, "Congress... because they didn't read it."
This will help you understand Obamacare…
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