<div style="background:#fff;border:#bbb dashed 1px;padding:5px"><a href="http://en.citatepedia.ro/comments.php?id=449761" style="color:#000;text-decoration:none"><div style="margin:10px 0"><strong>The Price We Pay</strong></div><div style="margin:10px 0">(08/21/11) </div><div style="margin:10px 0">The days are getting longer and <br>the nights are getting shorter.<br>The economy is scaring<br>And the tempers are flaring.</div><div style="margin:10px 0">So many people struggling to survive<br>And many on the unemployment line.<br>Military people are losing their rights<br>And still expected to stand and fight.</div><div style="margin:10px 0">Social security checks are getting smaller<br>And the welfare lines are getting longer.<br>Yet we still throw millions of pounds of food away<br>And millions are starving every day.</div><div style="margin:10px 0">People are crossing our borders every day<br>Looking for jobs with a bit more pay.<br>You no longer have to wonder<br>Why banks are going under.<br>The world is going through the same things as us<br>But in GOD we must put our trust.<br>If those words are imprinted on our currency<br>Then in that you must believe.</div><div style="margin:10px 0">If we could only go back to the past<br>Where we could afford a gallon of gas.<br>Where jobs offered retirement benefits<br>And health care too, and we didn’t have<br>To worry as to what to do.<br>We all know that life never stays the same<br>And we all must go through these aches and pains.</div><div style="margin:10px 0"><br>Is this the price that we must pay<br>So the politicians can get their way?</div><div style="margin:10px 0"><br /></a><br />poem by <a href="http://en.citatepedia.ro/by.php?a=Louis+Rams">Louis Rams</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=449761" data-title="The Price We Pay de Louis Rams" data-description="(08/21/11) The days are getting longer and the nights are getting shorter. The economy is scaring And the tempers are flaring. So many people struggling to survive And many on the unemployment line. Military people are losing their rights And ..."></div> </div> </div>

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