Please, ban me

 
"I wrote a letter to the Catholic Church, who had banned the song 'Only the Good Die Young' and asked them to please ban my next record"  Billy Joel

I was having lunch with a buddy and he asked me if I thought the president was in cahoots with the gun industry.

"Sorry?"

"Do you think Obama is working with the firearms industry.  You know, to help them out?"

"Dude, he's trying to outlaw people owning firearms.  Hardly seems like he would be on their Christmas card list".

"Yeah, but they're selling guns at a historic rate.  You can't find ammo.  The prices are skyrocketing.  It's kinda like what Y2K was to the tech industry."

"So, let me get this right." I said.  "The president puts the scare in people that guns will be outlawed.  People panic and buy everything they can get their hands on.  The firearms industry has a windfall.  Some of that makes it way into some 'charity' the president favors.  Then nothing really changes when new laws never make it through Congress and both sides make out like bandits.  Is that what you're saying?"

Pause

I hate that "Are you that stupid?" look I get sometimes.

Hmmmm

Then my buddy, who's in the automotive paint business says "yeah, if I could just get them to ban paint I'd make a killing."

Hmmmmmmmmm

So, the key is to get into a business that the Federal Government decides to ban.  People buy whatever it is at alarming rates.  You rake in tons of cash and go find the next industry in the cross hairs of the Government.

As I've said before. Talent  Why don't they teach this stuff in school?