As a CERTIFIED FINANCIAL PLANNER (R) professional, I approach the subject of long-term-care for the elderly very seriously. There is little room for humor in this subject, but there is SOME.
The plan gives anyone 75 or older a gun (Plan G) and one bullet. You are allowed to shoot one worthless politician. This means you will be sent to prison for the rest of your life where you will receive three meals a day, a roof over your head, central heating and air conditioning, cable TV, a library, and all the Health Care you need. Need new teeth? No problem. Need glasses? That's great. Need a hearing aid, new hip, knees, kidney, lungs, sex change, or heart? They are all covered!
Say you are an older senior citizen and can no longer take care
of yourself and the government says there is no Nursing Home care available for
you. So, what do you do? You opt for Medicare Plan G.
The plan gives anyone 75 or older a gun (Plan G) and one bullet. You are allowed to shoot one worthless politician. This means you will be sent to prison for the rest of your life where you will receive three meals a day, a roof over your head, central heating and air conditioning, cable TV, a library, and all the Health Care you need. Need new teeth? No problem. Need glasses? That's great. Need a hearing aid, new hip, knees, kidney, lungs, sex change, or heart? They are all covered!
As
an added bonus, your kids can come and visit you at least as often as they do
now! And, who will be paying for all of this? The same government that just
told you they can't afford for you to go into a nursing home. And you will get
rid of a useless politician while you are at it. And now, because you are a
prisoner, you don't have to pay any more income taxes!
Is this a great country or what? Now that I've solved your
senior financial plan, enjoy the rest of your week!
Maybe, this "joke" says more about the uselessness of obstructionist politicians or the growing need for more capital punishment, but I still got a smirk out of it!
