A man gives a beggar $10 every day. This continues for a year. Suddenly, the daily donation changes to $5.
The beggar thinks, “Better than nothing.”
A year passes again suddenly alms cut to $2.
Beggar asks the man, “First you give $10 daily, then $5 & now only $2. What’s the problem?”
Donor: “Last year my eldest son went to university. It’s expensive, so I had to cut costs. This year my daughter started university, so I cut costs more.”
“How many children do you have?” the beggar asks. “Four” the man replies. Beggar: “Well, do you plan to educate them all at my expense?”
This cartoon is a very good example of political satire. In a democracy, the power belongs to the people. The way to exercise that power is by voting.
Yet, our citizens hold candle marches for everything, but on the day of voting, the voter turnout is poor because people don’t want to “brave the heat”.
Elections are now going on in India. Please, go vote.
