Quote Originally Posted by thedeadone
I am going to clock in now- power to the socialist republic of the united states.
i just wanted to thank you for your tireless labors in the cause of our great socialist revolution. because of the herculean efforts of those like you, the hungry will be fed, the homeless will be housed, the infirm will be healed, and even the most impoverished family will be able to afford at least one big screen plasma television with surround sound and an unlimited supply of first run blockbusters on blue ray dvd.

of course, before any of this comes to pass we must first create the massive bureaucracies needed to see to it that your paycheck is spread equitably amongst the teeming masses. hundreds of thousands of new bureaucrats must be groomed to fill these new positions of power and their fiefdoms must be supplied with all the luxuries appropriate for their status. expense accounts must be created and left unsupervised, expansive offices and dwellings must be found for these new sultans of socialism, and underlings by the thousands must be found for the endless make-work tasks of the great industry of government.

as the greed of the private sector that we decry fully establishes itself within the never ending bureaucracy and swallows the wealth of a once great nation, i'm afraid there won't be much left to fulfill those dreams of the workers' paradise. the poor will be with us still, the hungry and infirm will find their lot eased just enough to keep them breeding and mindlessly casting their ballots for the latest false promises and broken dreams, and the jobless will become used to sucking on the empty sagging teat of the welfare state. only the business of government will thrive, that peculiar industry whose only product is its own greed and, though it never manages to show a profit, is just too damn big to fail.