Dear American Citizen, a rantA Story by Shane MohamedDriven by a system; another interchangeable part but eventually to the junkyard. Enough is enough. A complaint. Dear
American Citizen Dear
American citizen you're born pure and free but once you reach that certain age
you enter into the great machine. The Meat Grinder. You start working hard.
Real hard. Work your balls off. Pay your taxes like a good man. Now listen here
if you're middle class or blue collar; you're in for some deep s**t. Like I
said before: you get paid and drink and party and get laid. Maybe have some
kids in the future which is fine. You drink and eat what you can afford.
Healthy food for you if you can afford; but if not there is always the Mickee
Dee's Dollar menu for you. Eat your juicy burger that you can afford. The
burger's so cheap God knows what's in it. So you eat and eat some more till you
reach that certain age when the metabolism gets slow and your cholesterol
starts to build up or God knows whatever other s**t might happen. You go to see
the doctor that sticks in your mouth a fat bill; but that's okay he went to med
school so he went through hell. Got a thick loan to pay off for college and was
a good man and studied his a*s off which don't get me wrong is a great thing.
Anyway back to what I was saying: the poor man looks at his bill and screams,
"Two hundred dollars!" Then he sighs in relief and says, “That's okay
I have work insurance.” Pays his fifty dollars and walks out the door. And Oh
my God if he gets rushed to the ER; gets a heart stroke or anything serious. Gets
operated on and gets well and stays a couple of days in the hospital to recover
and he's thinking, “Dear lord these are good folks. I get taken care of and I
get pampered.” Then he goes back home and a couple of days later gets the
hospital bill. “Oh Dear Lord that's a lot to pay even if I have insurance! Come
on guys give me a break.” All said and that's if you have insurance. Big
insurance will suck your money and life out of you and then pretend to be deaf
dumb and blind when you ask for help. If no insurance then buddy you're quite
screwed; you'll either get another heart attack or end up paying for that bill
for the rest of your life or you can always file for bankruptcy. Congratulations
man! You have entered our system. The big boys play ball and the middle class and
below the poverty folks handout the towels. If you're a decent man and were
fortunate enough to get a good education; well good for you you're a lot better
than others but you're still quite screwed. You want a car a new house or to go
on vacation. Well spring out that credit card or get a loan from the bank and
they'll treat you real nice but you'll end up paying interest that breaks the
camel's back. That and keep in mind that Christ was a good man. He said in the
Book of Luke: But
love ye your enemies, and do good, and lend, hoping for nothing again; and your
reward shall be great, and ye shall be the children of the Highest: for he is
kind unto the unthankful and to the evil. Anyway you see even the middle class folks get into the Meat Grinder. Both classes and I'm sorry if there is any other class I did not mention will eventually get old and die but even when you're dead they make money off of you. You got to pay for a spot to get buried in and pay for a coffin that can cost up to thousands! But it’s okay; everybody's gotta make a living. A couple of decades or I'm sorry centuries before dying and getting buried was a free gig so what the hell is this system that we live in called. Well my dear friend it’s a nameless system really because it ain’t capitalism where the big boys play ball while you sit on the bench. Yes we are the proletariat and they are the bourgeois but that's not the problem you see. The problem isn't capitalism for it's a great system. The freedom to trade and do business is awesome but the problem is Greed. Gluttony takes all different kinds and shapes. Not just in food. You have Clinton's lechery; although he's a good man. All of those oil companies hording money and land. BP doesn't mind killing a few birds on the Gulf… Anyway to wrap it up I wish we can go back to the good old days the days of Washington Jefferson and Lincoln. Jackson was an a*****e. He killed a lot of Indians. He doesn't deserve to be on the twenty unless it’s the bill for the most wanted list. I am sorry I drift. ADD! The days where the people were in charge and the government was by the people and for the people and not otherwise; where the senators and congressmen were from and for the people and that lobbyists would have been hanged from trees. Big banks Big alcohol and tobacco and filthy CEO's. Stop lobbying and ditching taxes! Some rich men are good though; don't get me wrong but sometimes you get labeled with the bad guys. This bullshit started ever since the Industrial Revolution. Fleming Charles Goodyear Einstein gifted their work for the people. At this time we need people like Voltaire and Swift and Blake. I love this country with the depth of my heart and only wish it the best. “Freedom torch.” © 2013 Shane MohamedAuthor's Note
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3 Reviews Added on July 15, 2013 Last Updated on October 4, 2013 Tags: literature, humor, satire, irony, sarcasm AuthorShane MohamedDalton, GAAboutName's Sherif Mohamed, but I tell people to call me Shane, since my name has been mispronounced as "Sheriff" many times. I'm 29. Originally, I'm an artist; I draw and paint, as you can see in my pictu.. more..Writing
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