It’s no secret that America’s children are falling behind. That has nothing to do with us shutting down libraries, our systemic lack of investment in underprivileged communities, or the fact that children are gunned down in schools, theaters, parks , really anywhere a child might be. No, it’s because today’s kids don’t know the value of hard work.
Thanks to Biden and his band of Marxists, kids in America think they’re entitled to free lunches, free health care, and books about Black people. This woke mind virus has convinced children that they deserve special treatment just for being alive, let alone if they’ve experienced any actual hardships.
If we want to save our children, we need to put an end to this laziness wherever we see it. That’s why I’m proud to announce new work requirements for Make-A-Wish handouts.
Nothing embodies the entitlement mindset better than the Make-A-Wish Foundation. Today’s kids are told that, if they want to swim with sea turtles (and only have a month left to do it), they get a free trip to Hawaii. That might sound like a feel-good story, but in reality, it’s an incredibly slippery slope. I didn’t spend the last three years fighting public health experts just to give out vacations to every dying child.
The problem isn’t just vacations, though – it’s the whole concept. Most wishes fall into four categories: to go, to meet, to be, and to have. Herein lies the problem. Kids should be wishing to earn, to invest, to profit, and to succeed at the expense of lazier, poorer children. That’s the real American dream, and it’s the dream children should have before their long sleep.
Instead, the Left has turned terminal illness into a participation trophy. We’re teaching kids that just showing up to chemotherapy means they deserve courtside tickets to the Lakers, ahead of the hedge fund managers, gun lobbyists, and pharmaceutical reps who actually contribute to society. If they’re old enough to work (and thanks to my administration, they are), they’re old enough to understand the basic concept of fairness.
We didn’t use to be this soft. When our grandparents were children, losing an arm at the meatpacking plant meant a long weekend. Today’s kids think that a disease slowly and painfully ravaging their bodies is an excuse to whine and cry until they get what they want. Since when did hospitals become safe spaces?
Frankly, it’s this “I-want-it-so-I-deserve-it” attitude that’s the real cancer in society. And it’s infecting far more people than Hodgkin lymphoma. That’s why I’m focused on putting children to work instead of fixing our country’s broken healthcare system.
Besides, from a policy perspective, this makes sense. The economy is struggling and we need more workers. There’s a whole untapped market of children lying around in bed with nothing to do. Ask yourself: how does giving a child a free trip to Disneyland before their tragic death help generate profits?
And that’s another thing: we’re changing what children can do with their wishes. No more woke Disney. No more Lizzo shows. No more Bud Light factories. If a kid wants to leave the ward, they can go to Mar-A-Lago or a gun range.
All of this might sound like I don’t want these kids to get their last wish, but nothing could be further from the truth. The best experience a child can have before they leave this Earth is the experience of earning their paycheck (minimum wage, of course). Meeting John Cena is temporary; the pride of a job well-done is also temporary, but less so, and they don’t have long anyways.
As a Republican, I care about the future of this country. If we want the next generation to succeed, we need to make sure that they have a good work ethic. Because the children are the future. And even if these children aren’t the future, they can still set a good example for other, healthier children.