Gershon Wolf Poet Rhyme

In the Land of Opportunity

In the Land of Opportunity
    Entitlement reared her pretty head
  Without a backstop to plain bad luck
    Social Security's safety net was spread

  Next came the 'War on Poverty'
    Food Stamps and ADC                                 
  It might have staved off hunger for a bit
    But dependency was galvanized, and (yes), obesity

  Today there is unprecedented help
    for anyone who will only yelp
  Free computer classes, GED, ESL too
    Guaranteed Job Training programs in high schools 
                                       and community colleges, Yahoo!

  Yet the percentage of those working has gone down
    and dropping most free classes reigns supreme
  Seems that 'giving away the farm'
    won't bring back the American Dream

  It's only one man's unscientific perception ~
    but 'teaching a man to fish' still passes inspection  
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  ADC = Aid to Dependent Children
  GED = General Education Diploma (Equivalent to High School Diploma)
  ESL  = English as a Second Language (for immigrants and their children)

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Kenneth Cheney April 24, 2023 at 11:00 AM Bingo! But alas the defining characteristic of the folks who bring us these plans is that no amount of failure makes them question the assumptions. Unless there are motives beyond the stated, that are real reasons they support these failures. Gershon Wolf April 26, 2023 at 7:39 PM Right you are. Failure is Success! Probably Orwell forgot about that one. Thanks, Kenneth.

Panagiota Romios April 21, 2023 at 10:06 AM A FAV for me. We already are a Socialist country, falling quickly into Communism. Mad for mandates, and drooling for full government control. We can all be like Those in Communist Cuba, all of us broke, and censored, Finally, Germany was never as great as this country once was. The BBC are far left liberals! GB TV, far mote trustable.no Holocaust ever occurred here!! Pangie Gershon Wolf April 21, 2023 at 3:03 PM You are right, right, right!! So right that you've left me behind in the dust. lol. Thank you for the Fave, P., and keep on rollating! :) gw

Elizabeth Mccann April 21, 2023 at 3:48 AM Highest productivity is for Germany, according to the BBC. The difference? Their schools and industry cooperate to produce technically adept graduates. Gershon Wolf April 21, 2023 at 3:02 PM Yes, indeed. The Germans are a serious people (when they are not drunk as skunks at Oktoberfest, anyway). Unlike us over here, living in La-la land). Thanks, Elizabeth.