I think it's geographically inert.  It's funny no matter where you live
or where you read it.

                                                        Jim 

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From: piclist-bounces@mit.edu [mailto:piclist-bounces@mit.edu] On Behalf
Of Vitaliy
Sent: Tuesday, April 24, 2007 4:28 PM
To: Microcontroller discussion list - Public.
Subject: Re: [OT]:: $100.00 

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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