<div style="background:#fff;border:#bbb dashed 1px;padding:5px"><a href="http://en.citatepedia.ro/comments.php?id=353447" style="color:#000;text-decoration:none"><div style="margin:10px 0"><strong>Mirrors Of Our Time</strong></div><div style="margin:10px 0">THE ECONOMY is a hose.<br>The Government collects water from the people<br>and pours it into the top of the hose<br>and gives it back to the people.<br>Near the top of the hose is a hole.<br>A lot of the water pours out of this into a tank<br>marked Government which is always empty.<br>The rest flows down towards the people.<br>It passes other holes marked<br>Government Agencies<br>Government buildings <br>Government contingencies<br>Government perks<br>There are also holes marked<br>Lawyers<br>Accountants<br>Criminals.<br>The Government is always trying<br>to stop these last three holes.<br>Finally what is left of the water<br>reaches people at the end of the hose.<br>The people fight over it<br>(it is never enough) .<br>When they get very thirsty they start <br>to throw stones at the government<br>and threaten to sack them.<br>The government then reluctantly<br>pours more water into the top of the hose<br>(which they get from the people) .<br>Finally when the people are very thirsty indeed, <br>under the leadership of the <br>Lawyers<br>Accountants<br>and other Criminals, <br>they attack the tank marked Government<br>and break it open.<br>It is always empty.<br>Then many of the people die<br>(except for the Lawyers, Accountants<br>and other Criminals.) <br>The survivors go off and look for a new well, <br>drink as much as they can<br>as quickly as they can<br>and wait for a new Government to find them.</div><div style="margin:10px 0"><br /></a><br />poem by <a href="http://en.citatepedia.ro/by.php?a=Brian+Taylor">Brian Taylor</a><div class=q> <img src="https://www.citatepedia.ro/g/32share.png" style="float:left" alt="Share"> <script type="text/javascript" src="//s7.addthis.com/js/300/addthis_widget.js#pubid=citatepedia" async="async"></script><div style="display:inline-block" class="addthis_sharing_toolbox" data-url="http://en.citatepedia.ro/comments.php?id=353447" data-title="Mirrors Of Our Time de Brian Taylor" data-description="THE ECONOMY is a hose. The Government collects water from the people and pours it into the top of the hose and gives it back to the people. Near the top of the hose is a hole. A lot of the water pours out of this into a tank marked Government whic..."></div> </div> </div>

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