Taxpayer:  Excuse me, my government, but I was laid off months ago and I haven’t been able to find work and my savings are gone and you’ve cut my unemployment benefits and my family is getting hungry.  How about a hand here?

Government:  If we gave the money to you it would be socialism.  We will now give millions of dollars to the industry that laid you off.  It will trickle down.

Taxpayer:  Uh, that industry took your money and distributed it to its executive golden parachute program with a little bit for its shareholders, then relocated overseas to avoid paying US taxes.

Government:  It’ll work out.

Giving millions to the rich who keep on being rich:  Supply-Side Economics

Giving anything to the poor and middle-class who’ve been pillaged by the rich:  Socialism

Brought to mind by this astonishing comment from a dimension that doesn’t resemble mine.

I suspect that you’ve all already seen this one, but just in case…

It’s South Park’s  take on the recent election, revealing what was really going on. I think they got it just about right.

Click the pic and go to Season 12, the next-to-last ep, named ‘About Last Night…’. The full episode is on tap.

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