Obama Announces Stimulus Package in Monopoly Game
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Obama Announces Stimulus Package in Monopoly Game
Categories: Politics, Humor, 294 wordsSend feedback •WASHINGTON DC – During his turn, while playing a game of Monopoly with the family, President Elect Barrack Obama announced a sweeping stimulus package. “Right now, it is clear that some are suffering from the worst financial times since the last time we played.”
President-elect Obama noted that there was a “disproportional tax burden” on the poor for taxation in the game. “Having to pay a $75 luxury tax, when the most luxurious property you own is St. Charles Place is unfair.”
Citing conditions such as some players being over mortgaged and near default and a recent rash of high dice rolls leading to an exploded cost of utilities, Barrack Obama said that there was a need for immediate action.
Those in dire need of funding could go to the bank for an up to $1000 cash loan. Some critics of this portion of the plan argued that there should at least be a piece of the property involved in the transaction, so if the player still folded, the bank could recover the value of the loan. Obama gave in to that demand, but immediate lobbying took place by the underperforming players to have that rule taken off the books.
Other changes made as part of the stimulus package, Obama slashed the Income Tax rate in half, to $100. The Property Tax rate was turned into a tax refund for players making less than $200 after passing Go. Obama went on to even pronounce that any payments made for up keep of houses or hotels would be tax deductible.
When asked by his wife, what they’d do when the bank ran out of money, Obama noted the possibility of passing legislation to open a second game of Monopoly to temporarily use that money to fund his stimulus program.
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