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The New Son of Bill & Melinda Gates: A War Child Seeks The American Dream (3748 hits)


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We wait in the line of thousands of people at the Recreation Center in East Long Beach, California. Young men, women, children, the elderly and disabled stand in a queue in the hopes of receiving a package of free government cheese.

As I wait with the other impoverished welfare recipients, I take a few food stamps from my pocket and smile optimistically. In the slums, food stamps are a necessity for survival similar to water and air. Without food stamps and welfare, many of us would die of starvation and undernourishment.

One woman in our neighborhood--which we call 'American Afghanistan' or 'Ameristan' for short--named Mrs. Broomheld* is known to collect and eat cockroaches and rats. When she's desperate for food, she goes to King's Pet Shop where she buys a dozen white mice for less than five dollars. Mrs. Broomheld fries the mice and eats them along with okra, collard greens, and an instant drink known as Tang.

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Wednesday, June 24th 2015 at 11:44AM
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Wow, one doesn't truly know what people are going through here in this land of the free! Lawdhamercy!



Wednesday, June 24th 2015 at 12:48PM
Jeni Fa
I agree, poverty exists , but there are many ppl who have become accustomed to the spoon they have; & are not to trying better themselves ...they are losing their reality to illusive dreams. God said seek me first.






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