WORD FOR THE DAY - CONUNDRUM

CONUNDRUM    co-NUN-drum     noun, n. 

[1]  a confusing and difficult problem or question 

[2]  a question asked for amusement, typically one with a pun in its answer; a riddle.

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Here are six conundrums of Socialism in the United States of America: 

1. America is capitalist and greedy - yet half of the population is subsidized. 
2. Half of the population is subsidized - yet they think they are victims. 
3. They think they are victims - yet their representatives run the government. 
4. Their representatives run the government - yet the poor keep getting poorer. 
5. The poor keep getting poorer - yet the poor in America have things that people in other countries only dream about. 
6. They have things that people in other countries only dream about - yet they want America to be more like those other countries.

Got it?  Welcome to the 21st century in America.

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