WASHINGTON—Noting how a lot better issues was for these struggling financially, Individuals throughout the nation confirmed Wednesday that they longed for the times when poverty principally meant making a monkey dance on the road for money. “Only a few many years in the past, being under the poverty line was far more tolerable, and principally simply concerned dressing up a small primate in a fez hat and a gold vest to carry out pleasant tips,” stated 34-year-old Jeffrey Kraus, including that he and each different U.S. resident wished greater than something to return to a time when as a substitute of being pressured to work three jobs or sleep of their automotive, Individuals might practice a cute monkey to play a tiny piano, do backflips, and even kiss unsuspecting passersby on the cheek. “Now poverty includes evictions, meals insecurity, and exorbitant medical payments reasonably than calling your self ‘The Wonderful Isaac and Bongo.’ Sadly, in our time, acting on the road with a monkey would in all probability get you arrested. And in contrast to the previous days, you wouldn’t have the ability to hoodwink the police.” At press time, the U.S. populace expressed satisfaction that at the least the times of kid manufacturing unit labor have been again, as a result of they actually missed seeing impoverished youngsters endure horrific accidents.
