Hilariously Not Funny
Andrew M. Garland linked to a Hugh Hewitt column in the Washington Examiner, 10 August Recess Questions For Your Congressman, and this was one of the comments below:

jpintx
Aug 3, 2009
I keep thinking of the "Maxine" joke I saw somewhere, like many good jokes it is based on a real situation. Remember when the feds took over the Mustang Ranch (a legal Nevada cathouse) for non payment of taxes? As required by law, they tried running it as an ongoing business in order to recover the taxes due. They ran it at a loss for a while and closed down. "Now, says Maxine, if they can't make money operating slot machines, selling whiskey and running whores, what on earth makes you think they can succeed at running anything."