A Frank Look at Welfare
We bought a bird feeder. I hung it
on my back porch and filled it with seed. Within a week we had hundreds of
birds taking advantage of the continuous flow of free and easily accessible
food. But then 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...everywhere. Then some of
the birds turned mean: They would dive bomb me and try to peck me even though I
had fed them out of my own pocket. And others birds were boisterous and loud:
They sat on the feeder and squawked and screamed at all hours of the day and
night and demanded that I fill it when it got low on food.
After a while, I couldn't even sit
on my own back porch anymore. I took down the bird feeder and in three days the
birds were gone. I cleaned up their mess and took down the many nests they had
built all over the patio. Soon, the back yard was like it used to be...quite,
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, free education and
allows anyone born here to be a automatic citizen.
Then the illegals came by the tens
of thousands. Suddenly our taxes went up to pay for free services; small
apartments are housing 5 families: you 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; I have to press "one" to hear my bank talk to me 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.