Andre Abelian wrote:
>A little boy wanted $100.00 very badly and prayed for weeks, but nothing 
>happened.
> Then he decided to
> write God a letter requesting the $100.00.
>
>
> When
> The postal authorities received the letter to  God ,  USA , they decided 
> to send it to the President.
> The president was so amused that he instructed his secretary to send the 
> little boy a $5.00 bill.
> The president thought this would appear to be a lot of money to a little 
> boy.
> The little boy was delighted with the $5.00 bill and sat down to write a 
> thank-you note to God, which read:
>
> Dear God: Thank you very much for sending the money. However, I noticed 
> that for some reason you sent it through Washington, DC., and those 
> assholes deducted $95.00 in taxes.

US tax rates are much lower than most other countries', IIRC even Bill Gates 
is only paying something like 37% (the maximum rate).

My economics professor told a story about his Swedish grandmother, who wrote 
a best-selling book on knitting. She got 1% of the profit (amazingly, she 
thought it was fair).

So I think the story would make more sense if it took place in Sweden. :)

Vitaliy 

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