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The population of this country is approximately 60 million.

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> 32 million are retired.

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> That leaves 28 million to do the work.

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> There are 17 million in school or at Universities.

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> Which leaves 11 million to do the work.

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> Of this there are 8 million employed by the UK government.

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> Leaving 3 million to do the work.

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> 1.2 million are in the armed forces.

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> Which leaves 1.8 million to do the work..

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> Take from that total the 0.8 million people who work for Local County

> Councils. And that leaves 1 million to do the work.

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> At any given time there are 488,000 people in hospitals or claiming

> Invalidity Benefit.

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> Leaving 512,000 to do the work.

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> Now, there are 511,998 people in prisons.

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> That leaves just two people to do the work.

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> You and me. And there you are, sitting on your jacksy at your

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> reading jokes.

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> Is it any wonder that we are in such a mess and that I am stressed out

> through trying to cope all on my own?

HAPPY CHRISTMAS TO ALL AT FORUM GARDEN

Scrat;1274859 wrote: That's the reason all those Europeans are coming to England.

On a more serious note I read an interesting statistic about my state last week.

In 1990 there was 3 state workers who made over 120,000 dollars in one year.

In October of this year there were 1,213 that make over 170,000 a year.

Talk about putting yourself first. The state has reduced funding to education of all kinds, parks, elderly care, hospices you name it. They're looking at a multibillion dollar deficit as it is.Are you sure all of the income is from their government job? Some have investments and are self employed on the side.

oscar;1274855 wrote: The population of this country is approximately 60 million.

32 million are retired.Just over 11 million had reached 65 for men, 60 for women, in the 2005 estimates. I think you should re-check the quality of your source.

spot;1274861 wrote: Just over 11 million had reached 65 for men, 60 for women, in the 2005 estimates. I think you should re-check the quality of your source.




Twas only a joke, the same figures as when i first heard it a thousand years ago.:wah: