File 030992
Email Chain: Forwarded Political Satire About US Population and Employment (File 030992)
Email forwarded by Jeffrey Epstein on April 14, 2009, containing a satirical chain message about the US population and employment distribution, originally sent by a contact with the email handle 'gmax'.
Summary
Jeffrey Epstein forwards a humorous chain email that uses mathematical absurdities to comment on the US population and workforce. The message breaks down the 300 million US population through various categories (retired, school, federal/state employment, military, hospitalized, and incarcerated) to satirically conclude that only two people—the sender and recipient—are left to do productive work. The email appears to be political commentary circulating during the Obama administration in April 2009.
From:Sent:To:Subject:Jeffrey Epstein [jeevacation@gmail.com]4/14/2009 7:02:11 PMFwd: FW: As Obama says "We've got problems"----------Forwarded message----------From: gmax <gmaxlgellmax.com>Date: Sun, Apr 12, 2009 at 6:15 PMSubject: FW: As Obama says "We've got problems"To: J J <jeevacation@gmail.com>We are in trouble....The population of this America is 300million.160 million are retired.That leaves 140 million to do the work.There are 85 million in school.HOUSE OVERSIGHT 030992Which leaves 55 million to do the work.Of this there are 35 million employed bythe federal government.Leaving 20 million to do the work.2.8 million are in the armed forcesHOUSE OVERSIGHT 030993preoccupied with killing OsamaBin-Laden.Which leaves 17.2 million to do the work.Take from that total the 15..8 millionpeople who work for state and cityGovernments. And that leaves 1.4 millionto do the work.At any given time there are 188,000 peoplein hospitals.Leaving 1,212,000 to do the work.HOUSE OVERSIGHT 030994Now, there are 1,211,998 people in prisons.That leaves just two people to do the work.You and me.And there you are,Sitting on your chair,HOUSE OVERSIGHT 030995At your computer, reading jokes.Nice. Real nice.End of Forwarded MessageHOUSE OVERSIGHT 030996