I found the original funny, but still incorrect. Enjoy the personal 'corrections'. Not too many posts, so excuse me if I didn't get it 100%. ********** A Democrat, Republican and Libertarian were walking down a path. "Help! Help!" shouted the man from the bottom of a 20-ft hole. "What's the problem?" asked the three atop who heard his pleas. "I dug this deep hole and now, I'm stuck at the bottom." "Here," roared the Democrat, "I'll help.", 'invested' $100 he taxed from the Libertarian, gave his buddy, the ladder maker, $25 pocketed $50 got a 'deal' on a 3-ft step...