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Riley Gets a Job in Arabia

The Life of Riley · January 14, 1949 · 23 min · 3,846 words

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In Washington, the truth of the nation's top economists have been meeting day and night to solve the problem of inflation. After months of intense studies, these experts, men with international reputation, are forced to admit that they are baffled.

But little do they know that three thousand miles away in the modest California bungalow, a visitor of little education has succeeded to where they have failed. Hey, hey, where are you, hey, what's the matter, I got it, look, I got it, look, look, what's wrong, what's wrong?

What if I got it in place? You know what the cause of inflation? High prices. And you know what happens when prices are high? We can't pay our bills. And do you know why we can't pay our bills?

Cause we haven't got enough money. And you think you don't have that out by yourself? Well, I'm sure I get it. I'm not going to add to Bernie's gonna do it, Stephanie. I've been sent that pig.

I don't need no help from doing it. Anything that more on can think of, I can think of. What do you laugh about? We're life finished. The reason we don't have enough money is we don't have a system.

We don't plan. I bring home a paycheck, you all speak down on it. At the end of the week we're in a hole. Bring home another tax the next week we're in another hole. You're right about that?

Every week we wind up in a hole. We ain't living like people, we're living like gophers. And what are you supposed to do about it? We are going to live on a budget. Come here, I'll save you.

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