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So after about 45 days, something less than 50,000 people have actually signed up for Obamacare. Wasn’t it supposed to be 30 million? And then 300 million? Oh, and it turns out this number may include people who simply went to the website, not<\/i> people who actually signed up for an insurance plan. Wow.<\/p>\n

How few is 50,000?<\/p>\n

More people in the US get rabies shots each year.<\/p>\n

Amazon will hire that many temporary workers to meet holiday demand.<\/p>\n

About that many Americans suffer from Usher Syndrome<\/a>, a cause of hearing and vision loss.<\/p>\n

In the US, about 50,000 green cards are issued each year through the lottery.<\/p>\n

Three times that number of Americans purchased Yugos between 1985 and 1992.<\/p>\n

And more people bought Edsels.<\/p>\n

Twelve times that number bought Breathless<\/i> by Kenny G.<\/p>\n

More Americans, the Czar believes, still have mullet haircuts.<\/p>\n

It is easier to join Mensa than purchase healthcare insurance through the website.<\/p>\n

More people have watched test footage of a graphic logo on YouTube<\/a> than signed up for Obamacare.<\/p>\n

It is possible for Florida to have more lightning strikes in a single day than it was for Obamacare to have someone sign up since it started.<\/p>\n

Maybe all the Obamacare users actually are Russian soldiers training here<\/a>.<\/p>\n","protected":false},"excerpt":{"rendered":"

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