I hear that one-third of Americans are now on welfare.
I’d forgotten about “Hands Across America.” Such a classic example of “feel-good” liberalism. Ken Kragen was the biggest showbiz agent at the time (and had organized that other classic example of “feel-good” liberalism, USA For Africa — “We are the World”). I’m sure Reagan was pretty much shamed into taking part by his celebrity pals, and I can almost hear him sighing and grumbling about it! :)
And what was the result of “Hands Across America,” other than make liberals feel good about themselves for a few days?
The food bank people came to our Lions meeting and he went on about how it was hard to come by peanut butter and that it was a good source of protein, so I was going to try and find the money to buy a case for them, then he prattled on about how they didn’t ask for documentation and that many of their clients were illegals. My wallet snapped shut.
link hands and sing, “We Are the World,”
Too bad they didn’t link hands around the world. How many American Liberals could we have lined up across the bottom of the Atlantic and Pacific Oceans? What a contribution to humanity that would have been!