Just in time to pay quarterly taxes

What a wonderful country we live in, old George Bush takes care of us seniors. He must have created a deep hole in the national debt when he sent us a check we get to use for almost 30 days before we have to pay our quarterly taxes. What a guy!

We’re going to fool him though with a grave undertaking for us, and purchase an everlasting perpetually-maintained piece of real estate, we may even be able to afford a marble rock to keep us from jumping up and down the next time he dips into our ever-fading Social Security fund.

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