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I did a quick search on the internet to see if there are different versions out there.

Found this LIBERAL RESPONSE:

This is VERY interesting, thank you for sending it to me. I think the major fallacy in this argument is that what we’re spending our money on is beer (i.e. recreation). This is not true. Actually, we are spending it on military, the police, roads, veterans, children, the elderly, wildlife, infrastructure, and, as you mentioned, parks and recreation.

Quintessentially, the guy at the bar benefits far more from these expenditures as anyone else. Without our government, the rulers of the means of production would have no workers, no stability no roads, no government regulation to prevent fraud, no safeguards or welfare as was recently passed on wall street.

My father-in-law worked for a company owned by AIG. Consequently, all his stocks from his 401(k) were in AIG. So literally, while my in-laws have seen their retirement, reduced to nothing, AIG execs, nevertheless went and spent more than you and I could imagine in our lifetime, on spas, and food, and drink.

Basically, you need to rewrite the story to where the guy who is paying the most owns the bar, owns the beer distributor, and all the laws are created to his liking. Then tell all the dudes on the bottom who happen to have beer (yipee), that they can’t afford healthcare, a retirement, let alone a vacation. But they better keep drinking that beer, or number 1% is going to move overseas and sell the beer to kids who will be more than happy to produce it, ship it, drink it, and trade all their worldly possessions at the opportunity.

How pro-america is that?

MY QUESTION IS, How can I spice this up to send it to every other conservative graduating class member he sent these out to? Cause as easy as this response was, i think that I could make it better, and nothing would cheer me up more than sending out a mass reply to the young conservative I graduated with to accomplish two goals; a) to convince them they’re voting for the wrong guy, and b) to rub it in their faces that we’re gonna win this election? (yes, I’m dubious, and over confident, sorry).

First of all, if the guy owns the bar then I'm sure he is paying nothing for his beer.

If he does not own the bar, yet all the laws are created to his liking, then why is he paying for 59% of the tab ?

If it is true that this man - simply because he is wealthy - can have all of the laws created to his liking - then he is not the problem. A corupt congress is the problem. Obviously we need term limits so this wealty man can't control the laws that are written.

Why can't the folks getting the free beer afford health care? Do they have 2 cars, an iPone, iPad etc?

Maybe we should make some market changes to affect health care costs - like tort reform or interstate purchasing of insurance. Both of these market solutions would have a major impact on the cost of health care. And, neither would cost anyone a dime. Yet, neither of these solutions is included in the Affordable Care Act.

Gee, I wonder why. I think that takes us back to a corrupt congress and the need for congressional term limits.

Also, no one is denied health care. Just show up at the emergency room and you will be treated. Even if you are not a citizen of this country.

Are any of the folks recieving the free beer illegal aliens?

“My father-in-law worked for a company owned by AIG. Consequently, all his stocks from his 401(k) were in AIG. So literally, while my in-laws have seen their retirement, reduced to nothing,”

Investing stupidly ought to hurt. If his FIL still was invested 100% in his employer company, he clearly paid no attention to what happened to the same folks that were employed by Enron. Everyone should diversify their investments to ensure that their nest egg is not destroyed in one fell swoop!

Of course, I’m also one of those evil people that don’t consider scam victims, generally, to really be victims. Madoff’s investors knew that their paper returns were to good to be true, yet they kept sending him more money. They just wanted “something for nothing” and they got bit!