THE ANT AND THE GRASSHOPPER

Three Different Versions....

Three Different Outcomes

Three Different Morals

TRADITIONAL VERSION

The ant works hard in the withering heat all summer long, building his house and laying up supplies for the winter. 

The grasshopper thinks the ant is a fool and laughs and dances and plays the summer away.

Come winter, the ant is warm and well fed.

The grasshopper has no food or shelter, so he dies out in the cold.

The ones who are responsible for themselves live. 

The ones who do not exercise responsibility die. 

The winners win. 

The losers lose.

MORAL OF THE STORY:

Be responsible for yourself!

POLITICALLY CORRECT VERSION

The ant works hard in the withering heat and the rain all summer long, building his house and laying up supplies for the winter.

The grasshopper thinks the ant is a fool and laughs and dances and plays the summer away.

Come winter, the shivering 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.

The TV and newspaper reporters show up to provide pictures of the shivering grasshopper next to a video of the ant in his comfortable home with a table filled with food.  

The world is stunned by the sharp contrast.  

How can this be, that in a country of such wealth, this poor grasshopper is allowed to suffer so?  

Kermit the Frog appears on Oprah with the grasshopper and everybody cries when they sing, “It's Not Easy Being Green.”  

Civil Rights groups stage a demonstration in front of the ant's house where the news stations film the groups singing, “We shall overcome.” 

TV Evangelists have their groups kneel down to pray to God for the grasshopper's sake.  

Politicians condemn the ant and blames the other political parties and all of their political foes for the grasshopper's plight. 

Socialistic legislators scream on the TV Talk shows that the ant has gotten rich off the back of the grasshopper, and they call for an immediate tax hike on the ant to make him pay his fair share.  

Finally, the EEOC drafts the Economic Equity & Grasshopper Rights Protection Act retroactive to the beginning of the summer.  The Ant is fined for failing to hire a proportionate number of green bugs and, having nothing left to pay his retroactive taxes, Ant’s home is confiscated by the Government’s Green Czar and given to the grasshopper.  

The story ends as we see the grasshopper and his free-loading friends finishing up the last bits of the ant’s food while the government house he is in, which, as you recall, just happens to be the Ant's old house, crumbles around them because the grasshopper doesn't maintain it.  

The Ant has disappeared in the snow, never to be seen again.  

The grasshopper is found dead in a drug related incident, and the house, now abandoned, is taken over by a gang of spiders who terrorize the ramshackle, once prosperous and once peaceful, neighborhood. 

The entire Nation collapses bringing the rest of the free world with it.  

The ones who are responsible for themselves lose. 

The ones who do not exercise responsibility lose. 

The winners lose. 

The losers lose. 

Everybody loses.

MORAL OF THE STORY:

Be careful how you vote.

THE THINKER’S VERSION

Adam Ant works hard in the withering heat all summer long, building his house and laying up supplies for the winter. 

The Greedy Grasshopper thinks that Adam Ant is a fool and laughs and dances and plays the summer away..

Come winter, Adam Ant is warm and well fed.  

When winter comes, the shivering Greedy Grasshopper calls a press conference and demands to know why Adam Ant should be allowed to be warm and well fed while he is cold and starving.

The TV and newspaper reporters show up to provide pictures of the shivering Greedy Grasshopper next to a video of Adam Ant in his comfortable home with a table filled with food.

The world is stunned by the sharp contrast.

How can this be, that in a country of such wealth, this poor Greedy Grasshopper is allowed to suffer so?

Kermit the Frog appears on Oprah with Greedy Grasshopper and everybody cries when they sing, “It's Not Easy Being Green.”

Civil Rights groups stage a demonstration in front of Adam Ant's house where the news stations film the group singing, “We shall overcome.”

TV Evangelists have their groups kneel down to pray to God for Greedy Grasshopper's sake.  

Politicians condemn Adam Ant and blame the other parties and all of their political foes for the Greedy Grasshopper 's plight.

Socialistic legislators scream on the TV Talk shows that Adam Ant has gotten rich off the back of Greedy Grasshopper, and they call for an immediate tax hike on the ant to make Adam Ant pay his fair share.

When the Media Moguls finally get around to talking with Adam Ant about his situation, Adam confesses to the investigators that he is only renting, and paying an outrageous amount of rent, at that.  He confesses that he barely has enough money for his personal needs, but Greedy Grasshopper would be welcome to stay if he would only pay for his half of the rent and his half of the food.  Adam Ant assures the world that it was never his intent to deprive Greedy Grasshopper of his right to food and a home. 

After looking at the price of the rent and food, and because they can’t make a court case against the owner of the house, the bureaucrats decided that they would move Greedy Grasshopper into a housing project and issue food stamps and welfare instead of arrange for Greedy Grasshopper to take over Adam Ant's palace. 

Greedy Grasshopper moves to the projects and lives on store-bought, preservative-laden food, while Adam Ant continues to live in the rented house, eating his organic foods. 

Every month, Adam Ant pays his outrageously high rent to a foreign-owned real estate management company called “Rental Company, LLC.”  The owners of the LLC pay their investment income to a certain Panamá Private Interest Foundation.  The Foundation makes a donation to the Adam Ant Assembly, which is a non-profit religious corporation sole that is managed by Adam Ant.  Adam Ant Assembly is responsible under U.S. law and state law for the education and well-being of the members of the Adam Ant Assembly, so the Assembly feeds and cloths Adam Ant, his family, and the rest of their worthy friends. 

Adam Ant continues to live peacefully in the rented home. 

The Grasshopper, living in the projects, gets tazed by a policeman for hopping at the wrong time, and dies of heart failure. 

The government continues to oppress those who don’t know how to deal with a socialistic society on a peaceful level. 

The ones who think ahead and prepare for living in socialistic society still have peace and plenty.

The ones who do not exercise any foresight, die.

MORAL OF THE STORY:

Own nothing.  Control everything.

You have just seen how the super-rich manage to be judgment-proof, live in comfort, and can continue to live their lives as they see fit.  Ordinary people of ordinary means can use this information and become wealthy by following the same, simple rules. 

Adam Ant most likely retained some competent protection services for having the business set up in the above manner. 

When you are ready to enjoy some peace and prosperity, even in the midst of a nation going through hard times, then you will call on some competent help, also.