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CHINESE YEAR OF THE ROOSTER SURPRISE

SEVERAL SOURCES CONFIRM THE CHINESE PRESIDENT will soon announce
an unusual gift from the government to displaced workers  --a free, sort of,  chicken.   As
our source explained, "We are concerned about workers displaced due to changes in the
macroeconomic climate, so we want to reach out to them in  a very real, tangible way
--and we couldn't think of anything more tangible than  a free chicken. " 
     But there is a catch.  Although each family provided with their new chicken will not
be charged, the chicken will be owned by the government even after custody is turned over.
This is, after all, a communist government we're dealing with. 
     According to the same source ' "The Proletariat Chicken Program" as it's officially designated
will bridge the gap between traditional Marxist Ideology and modern capitalism.  The government will carefully track the health and progress of each chicken, and only require 1/10th of the return, either in the form of eggs, meat or chicks .  It's a win win situation for the government and the workers.'
     The reaction from underground Chinese newspapers has been skeptical.  According to the offshore "Free China Century" publication, "This new program is typical communist nonsense.  These
resources could have been far better expended by infrastructure spending or just letting the workers have the money to spend as they please within the proven free market economy.  This strange idea is
just another reason why constitutional democracy is not only a better form of government, but is actually an inevitability for China."
     Due to the massive numbers involved chicken prices are expected to soar world wide.