JOTD

One afternoon a wealthy Republican was riding in his limousine when he saw two men along the roadside eating grass. Disturbed, he ordered his driver to stop and he got out to investigate.

He asked one man, "Why are you eating grass?

"We don't have any money for food," the poor man replied. "We have to eat grass."

"Well, then, you can come with me to my house and I'll feed you" the Republican said.

"But sir. I have a wife and two children with me. They are over there, under that tree"

"Bring them along," the Republican replied. Turning to the other poor man he stated, "You come with us also."

The second man, in a pitiful voice then said, "But sir, I also have a wife and SIX children with me!"

"Bring them all, as well," the Republican answered.

They all entered the car, which was no easy task, even for a car as large as the limousine was. Once underway, one of the poor fellows turned to the Republican and said, "Sir, you are too kind. Thank you for taking all of us with you."

The Republican replied, "Glad to do it. You'll really love my place; the grass is almost a foot high!"

I like the joke, but seriously

[NeMon'ess]

I'd fully support a program in California for job seekers offering free buses to and from cities to agricultural lands. The inner cities have high unemployment, and there are harvesting jobs in the fields and orchards. These jobs should go to legal citizens and immigrants, not illegals from south of the border.

Re:

[Scott Lockwood]

Bad idea. It's basically a subsidy, and only leads to market inefficiencies. Rather, we should force relocate all the unemployed to rural areas, and teach them to pick fruit... :-)

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[Jeremiah Cornelius]

And then they can use the wages to pay off their transit and housing! Look, it's the 17th century!