looking back…looking forward

Quartus

I don’t understand why they are so upset!

We don’t have the money to pay for the doctors.

(That’s why the hospital emergency rooms are closing.)

We don’t have the money to pay for the books.

(That’s why the schools need to be amalgamated.)

We can’t afford to look at each person as an individual.

(That’s why we practice ‘zero tolerance’ welfare programmes.)

The feds won’t give us more money.

The municipalities won’t give us more money.

The people won’t give us give us more money.

We don’t have any choice.

It’s only common sense.

If we don’t have the money, then something has to go.

The things our critics are saying will never happen.

If people just worked harder, they wouldn’t need welfare.

If teachers just stopped with their demands, the schools would be fine.

If everyone would quit opposing privatized health care, there would be services enough for all.

Babies born in bus shelters? Bah! It would never happen here.

Never.

I won’t allow it.