I believe everyone has heard the tale of the Dutch boy who put his finger in the dike so that the town would not be flooded. Well, here is a twist on that story:
1.The dike (dam) has a leak and a little boy puts his finger in the hole to stop the leak.
2. Government officials are notified about the leak.
3. Government refutes the problem is theirs and does nothing.
4. Government blames the boy for the hole and files charges against him for damaging public property.
5. Boy removes finger from the hole as he is arrested and the town is threatened once again.
6. Government asks for solutions to repair the hole.
7. Government refuses the Republicans answer to plug the hole with cement which will stop the leak.
8. Government forms a committee of highly paid "experts" to study the problem.
9. Town is flooded and town asks FEMA for assistance.
10. FEMA hires several hundred people to study the problem as the flood waters rise.
11. FEMA "experts" come up with a solution.
12. FEMA hires five hundred people at $50 per shift and with full benefits, who will each take take 15 minute shifts putting their finger in the hole.
13. FEMA goes back to Washington smug in their solution.
14. The Democrats raise taxes to cover the disaster costs, charge every person in town five-thousand dollars in new taxes, and convene a panel to study why the Republicans didn't plug the hole sooner.
And that, my friends, is why the little Dutch boy no longer helps and why everything the government gets involved in costs so damned much.
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