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A Sure Solution To Economic Woes

A Sure Solution to Economic Woes By Elton Camp One way will assure that basic needs are met So that food, clothing, and shelter you will get This happens when it’s a robber a man becomes For from such a life there can be three outcomes Perhaps the robbery can be successfully done If so, he can get what he needs plus some fun On the other hand, it’s to jail he might be going The things he needs, the prisoner they’re owing And then there is always possibility number three The one the thief certainly hopes won’t come to be He might be shot and killed while doing the crime That will solve his economic problems for all time (The risk of writing satire is that there is some clueless reader who will take it as an actual suggestion as happened years ago to the writer of "A Modest Proposal." That is less likely at this site which attracts more savvy readers.)

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