Posted on 11/14/2022 10:27:16 AM PST by grundle
https://danfromsquirrelhill.wordpress.com/2022/11/14/grasshopper/
By Daniel Alman (aka Dan from Squirrel Hill)
November 14, 2022
In Aesop’s classic fable, “The Ant and the Grasshopper,” the ant spends all summer saving up food for the winter, while the grasshopper does not. When winter comes, the ant is well fed, and the grasshopper starves to death.
When I was a child in the 1970s, this fable was taught to children, in order to teach us a lesson. We were taught that the ant was the good guy, and the grasshopper was the bad guy.
Today’s Democrats who favor student debt bailout have a different interpretation of this fable. They view the ant as the bad guy because he was greedy and selfish, and he didn’t help the grasshopper. And they view the grasshopper as an innocent victim who deserves a bailout.
For the record, Aesop was a slave.
CNBC recently reported the following about the proposed student debt bailout:
“While recipients won’t see that aid in the form of a check, any remaining balances will be re-amortized, meaning monthly payments will be recalculated to reflect the new balance. For borrowers, that means monthly payments could drop by up to $300 per month.”
“73% of anticipated recipients say they expect to spend their debt forgiveness on non-essential items, including travel, dining out and new tech, according to a recent survey from Intelligent.com.”
It’s no surprise to me that the party that supported slavery wants to force low income taxpayers to pay for vacations and restaurant meals for people with college degrees.
I remember the old story about the ant & the grasshopper. Don’t recall that grasshoppers were considered as being good for anything but bird feed.
Update to the story of The Ants And The Grasshopper…..
“And then it turned out that the grasshopper was actually an ant wearing a grasshopper suit, and he convinced half the ants to make him their leader so they could steal from the other ants instead of working.”
Actually was listening to a recording from reporters that was counseling people that were getting their student loan repaid should go out and treat themselves, they said after all it will have a psychological impact on you if you don’t celebrate the win and spend some money on yourself.
Oh yeah…typical RAT MO….rewarding bad behavior and punishing good behavior…buying votes from takers…
Frog and the Scorpion?
Shirley Temple sings "The World Owes Me a Living"
Oh the world owes me a living
Deedle dardle doodle deedle dum
Oh the world owes me a living
Deedle dardle doodle deedle dum
If I worked hard all day I might
Sleep better when in bed at night
I sleep all day so that's alright
Deedle dardle doodle deedle dum
There once was an old grasshopper
Who could only think of fun
He looked on work as something
too unpleasant to be done
He loved to sit in the summer sun
And fiddle all day long
While dozing there he played this air
And singed this little song
The north wind blew the leaves away
When winter came one stormy day
The snow fell fast upon the ground
No food nor shelter could be found
This old grasshopper sad and weak
Could hardly hop or view his feet
He slipped, He fell
Poor Chap, Farewell
Some ants stayed in their hilly home
Looked out and saw him sneezing
They soaked his feet in mustard sauce
He grew better soon
Now every day they hear him play
And sing this little tune
Oh I owe the world a living
Deedle dardle doodle deedle dum, ah-choo!
Oh I owe the world a living
Deedle dardle doodle deedle dum, ah-choo!
I got a bad cold in my head
You ants were right the time you said
You've got to work for all you get
Deedle dardle doodle deedle dum, ah-choo
Back in the day, my tuition per semester was a little over $300 because I was out of state, now the same place charges $2500 per semester.
And I likely got a better education to boot.
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