{"id":1502,"date":"2014-05-04T09:54:37","date_gmt":"2014-05-04T14:54:37","guid":{"rendered":"http:\/\/www.mhmarketingsalesmanagement.com\/blogs\/INspiration\/?p=1502"},"modified":"2019-04-29T20:02:03","modified_gmt":"2019-04-30T01:02:03","slug":"the-american-conundrum","status":"publish","type":"post","link":"https:\/\/www.manufacturedhomepronews.com\/inspiration\/the-american-conundrum\/","title":{"rendered":"The American Conundrum"},"content":{"rendered":"<p>The definition of the word Conundrum is: something that is puzzling or confusing.<\/p>\n<p>Here are six Conundrums of socialism in the United States of America:<\/p>\n<p>1. America is capitalist and greedy &#8211; yet half of the population is subsidized.<\/p>\n<p>2. Half of the population is subsidized &#8211; yet they think they are victims.<\/p>\n<p>3. They think they are victims &#8211; yet their representatives run the government.<\/p>\n<p>4. Their representatives run the government &#8211; yet the poor keep getting poorer.<\/p>\n<p>5. The poor keep getting poorer &#8211; yet they have things that people in other countries only dream about.<\/p>\n<p>6. They have things that people in other countries only dream about &#8211; yet they want America to be more like those other countries.<\/p>\n<p>Think about it! And that, my friends, pretty much sums up the USA in the 21st Century. Makes you wonder who is doing the math.<\/p>\n<p>These three, short sentences tell you a lot about the direction of our current government and cultural environment:<\/p>\n<p>1. We are advised to NOT judge ALL Muslims by the actions of a few lunatics, but we are encouraged to judge ALL gun owners by the actions of a few lunatics. Funny how that works.<\/p>\n<p>And here&#39;s another one worth considering&#8230;<\/p>\n<p>2. Seems we constantly hear about how Social Security is going to run out of money. How come we never hear about welfare or food stamps running out of money? What&#39;s interesting is the first group &quot;worked for&quot; their money, but the second didn&#39;t. Think about it&#8230;<\/p>\n<p>Am I the only one missing something?&nbsp;<\/p>\n<p><em>Inspiration blog post submitted by Larry Hahn<\/em><\/p>\n","protected":false},"excerpt":{"rendered":"<p>The definition of the word Conundrum is: something that is puzzling or confusing. Here are six Conundrums of socialism in the United States of America: 1. America is capitalist and greedy &#8211; yet half of the population is subsidized. 2. Half of the population is subsidized &#8211; yet they think they are victims. 3. 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