The New Son of Bill & Melinda Gates: A War Child Seeks The American Dream

We wait in the line of thousands of people at the Recreation Center in East Long Beach, California. Young men, women, children, the elderly and disabled stand in a queue in the hopes of receiving a package of free government cheese.

As I wait with the other impoverished welfare recipients, I take a few food stamps from my pocket and smile optimistically. In the slums, food stamps are a necessity for survival similar to water and air. Without food stamps and welfare, many of us would die of starvation and undernourishment.

One woman in our neighborhood--which we call 'American Afghanistan' or 'Ameristan' for short--named Mrs. Broomheld* is known to collect and eat cockroaches and rats. When she's desperate for food, she goes to King's Pet Shop where she buys a dozen white mice for less than five dollars. Mrs. Broomheld fries the mice and eats them along with okra, collard greens, and an instant drink known as Tang.

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