Joe Sixpack for US Treasurer

Now that I've read the US Treasury is going to expand their "debt auctions," I realize our entire government is out of touch with reality. Buying and selling debt? No wonder we're broke. Sometimes life just brings a coincidence too good to not share. About the same time I was hitting the "publish post" button on yesterday's blog, I received a notice of new mail. It turned out to be a delightful message regarding our economy. I would suggest since the Big Wheels on Wall Street are having difficulty making the books balance and Wachovia has proven that a banker's handshake means nothing, they might benefit from the information I'm about to post. I now see why it will take those of us on Mainstreet to Bail Out those on Wall Street and provide the paper for the printing press in the Federal Triangle. I cannot take credit for collecting this particular data, but I would like to share it. Perhaps, instead of Sarah promising Joe Sixpack to take care of his needs, maybe she could be quiet and learn a thing or two.
Here you go Sarah, from Joe Sixpack . . . Darn good info, you betcha!

If you had purchased $1,000 of shares in Delta Airlines one year ago,
you will have $49.00 today.

If you had purchased $1,000 of shares in AIG one year ago, you will have
$33.00 today.

If you had purchased $1,000 of shares in Lehman Brothers one year ago,
you will have $0.00 today.

But, if you had purchased $1,000 worth of beer one year ago, drank all the beer, then turned in the aluminum cans for recycling refund, you will have received $214.00.
Based on the above, the best current investment plan is to drink heavily & recycle.
It's called the 401-Keg.

A recent study found that the average American walks about 900 miles a year.
Another study found that Americans drink, on average, 22 gallons of alcohol a year.
That means that, on average, Americans get about 41 miles to the gallon!

Makes you proud to be an American!

Give strong drink unto him that is ready to perish, and wine unto those that be of heavy hearts. Let him drink, and forget his poverty, and remember his misery no more. a Proverb of Holy Scripture