Taking advantage of the confusion and short time frame over the Continuing Resolution (CR) and threats to shut down the Government, Tom has had his operatives slip in a grant (to Tom) of $100 Billion. Tom is fairly confident that nobody really reads these CRs until way after the fact and way after the money has been deposited in Tom’s account.
This grant will allow Tom to realize his dream of topping Bill Gates as the richest man.
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Hey, you put the money in a high-interest account, then when they find you, give ’em the principal back. Shoot, even a few percentage points on $100B should allow you a nice retirement! 😀
But I have a question on the whole funding thing. If a business runs out of money, they stop paying their own employees first – if GM goes bust, you don’t stop paying Firestone tire or Exide battery employees. So how come, when the government runs out of money, Congress is always the LAST ones still being paid? (And remember, the prefix “pro” is the opposite of “con”. So Congress is the opposite of ….. 😉
Evidently, you believed that in the event of a Government shut downthat they sent the non-essential employees home. It could be the opposite. Where is that institution that is paying interest?
Seriously, I saw a “holy cow look at this!” type of add for a 1 year CD that paid 1.2%. 1.2%?!? Shoot, GAS goes up in 5-10% swings alone!
Yes, it makes one happy not to have any money otherwise the criminally low interest rates would really hurt.