I See A Parallel Here

From Carrie, an analogy that makes sense. A lot of sense.

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A homeowner bought a bird feeder and hung it on the back porch and filled it with seed. Within a week hundreds of birds were taking advantage of the continuous flow of free and easily accessible food. Then the trouble started; the birds started building nests in the boards of the patio, above the table and next to the barbecue. Then came the poop, it was everywhere, on the patio tile, the chairs, the table, just everywhere. Then some of the birds turned mean, they would dive bomb the homeowner and try to peck even though the homeowner had fed them out of the goodness of his heart. Others birds were boisterous and loud as they sat on the feeder and squawked and screamed at all hours of the day and night demanding that the homeowner fill it when it got low on food.

After a while, the homeowner couldn't even sit on the back porch anymore. The homeowner took down the bird feeder and in three days the birds were gone. The homeowner cleaned up the mess and took down the many nests they had built all over the patio. Soon, the back yard was like it used to be, quiet, serene and no one demanding their rights to a free meal.

Now let’s see...


Our government gives out free food, subsidized housing, free medical care, and free education and allows anyone born here to be an automatic citizen. Then foreigners came illegally by the millions; shortly our taxes went up to pay for the free services; small apartments are housing 5 families; we have to wait 6 hours to be seen by an emergency room doctor; your child's 2nd grade class is behind other schools because over half the class doesn't speak English; corn Flakes now come in a bilingual box; you have to press "one" to hear your bank talk to you in English; and people waving flags other than "Old Glory" are squawking and screaming in the streets, demanding more rights and free liberties.

Maybe it's time for the government to take down the bird feeder!

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And clean up the mess.
Close the shop, lock the doors and take the trash out! - Tramp