Funny email forward that’s doing rounds:
“The federal government is sending each of us a $600 rebate.
If we spend that money at Wal-Mart, the money will go to China.
If we spend it on gasoline it will go to the Arabs,
If we purchase a computer it will go to India,
If we purchase fruit and vegetables it will go to Mexico, Honduras,
and
Guatemala,
If we purchase a good car it will go to Japan,
If we purchase useless crap it will go to Taiwan…
….and none of it will help the American economy.
The only way to keep that money here at home is to buy prostitutes, beer and cigarettes, since these are the only products still produced in the US.”
Interesting take on the ‘flat world’!
More geeky jokes
An addition to the joke: (came to me a reply to the original fwd)
Only that the biggest beer brand in US is now owned by a Belgian company and most of the prostitutes are Colombian.
With so much happening Downtown(Wall Street)the US does not have much options except laugh away.Collapse of one Bank after the other is turning the entire Financial Market haywire.An interesting book relating to this Email is “The World is Flat” by Thomas Friedman in which he refers to the world as flat.Well US Banks gave loans on mortgage to consumers and now the FED is giving the Banks loans to stop their mortgage.Well lets see how many banks survive this “Black-Money”
Actually, if you purchase a computer (hardware) the money will still go to China or Taiwan. Even in the case of software, not all money goes to India.
I think you made some good points in your post.