There’s a popular TV show out, “American Greed”, usually about people who commit crimes to make a lot of money, and all the harm they do.
I propose a new show “American Sloth”, about the millions of lazy Americans who are dragging society down. Featuring:
- The teenager who has to repeat 10th grade because she’s on Facebook on her phone for 60 hours a week and completely neglects the rest of her life.
- The 35 year old man who lives in the attic over his mother’s garage. He can’t afford to move out, because he’s working part time at a crummy minimum-wage job. He never gets around to looking for a better job because he’s watching ESPN for 10 hours a day.
- The 55 year old man who told his doctor he has “back pain”. The doctor can’t prove whether he does or doesn’t, but it’s enough to qualify for social security disability insurance and food stamps. It pays much less than honest work, but it’s enough to survive on and buy weed. And internet porn is free.
- The mom who lives with the father of her child and deliberately doesn’t marry him so that she’s technically a “single mom” and, as such, qualifies for welfare. She works a little, but makes sure she keeps her working hours low enough that it doesn’t jeopardize her benefits.
- The 27 year old man who’s living in his parent’s basement where he’s been since graduating from college in the liberal arts 5 years ago. He feels he’s qualified to be a philosopher king, but unfortunately for him, there are very few job openings for philosopher kings in constitutional democracies. And to tell the truth, with the grades he got, especially in economics, he would suck at it. He’s achieved the highest rating at World of Warcraft.
- The wife of a middle class working husband who means to get around to looking for a job someday, once she’s figured out what she wants to do and has caught up on binge-watching all the awesome TV shows on HBO, Netflix, and Showtime.
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