From my email inbox:

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Fellow Business Executives:

As the CFO of this business that employs 140 people, I have resigned myself to the fact that Barrack Obama is our next President, and that our taxes and government fees will increase in a BIG way. To compensate for these increases, I believe our clients will have to see an increase in fees to them of about 8% but since we cannot increase our fees right now, due to the dismal state of our economy, we will, instead, have to lay off six of our employees.

This has really been eating at me for a while, as we believe we are family here, and I didn't know how to choose who will have to go. So, this is what I did.

I strolled thru our parking lot and noted the first eight Obama bumper stickers on our employees' cars, and have decided these folks will be the first to be laid off. I can't think of a fairer way to approach this problem. These folks wanted change; I gave it to them.

If you have a better idea, let me know.