Short Story on Government

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A story about government's success

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A book of true short stories…

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Once upon a time, Social Security was created to help retirees in their retirement.

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Now it is going broke and will rob younger generations of their savings.

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Once upon a time, Medicare was created to provide health care for the elderly.

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Now it, too, is on its way to bankruptcy.

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Once upon a time, public housing was created to house the poor

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Instead, it created ghettos of crime and hopelessness

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Once upon a time, Fanny Mae and Freddy Mac bought sub-prime loans to make home ownership accessible to the poor

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Then these loans became the catalyst for today’s financial panic

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Now for the moral…

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What government programs are politicians selling us this election year?

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How soon before they, too, end in disaster?

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Have we not learned anything about government programs?

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Government is not the answer. Government is the problem.

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Don’t be fooled by the politician’s siren song: “I have a program…”

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Save your country. Vote for less government.