OLD VERSIONThe ant works hard in the withering heat all summer long, building his house and storing up supplies for the winter. The grasshopper thinks the ant is a fool, and laughs, dances, and plays the summer away. Come winter, the ant is warm and well fed. The grasshopper has no food or shelter and dies out in the cold. MORAL? Be responsible for yourself!
MODERN VERSIONThe ant works hard all summer, storing up food and supplies for the winter. Come winter, he is well fed and warm. The grasshopper thinks the ant is a fool, laughs, dances, and plays the summer away. Come winter, the shivering, hungry grasshopper, calls a press conference and demands to know why the ant should be allowed to be warm and well fed, while he is cold and starving. CBS, NBC, ABC, and CNN (Not Fox News) show up to provide pictures of the starving, shivering grasshopper, next to a video of the ant in his comfortable home, with a table filled with food...
An old fable (by Aesop?) is updated to conform to the modern attitudes imposed on us by the politicians and our own slothful acceptance of their schemes.
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