Why Don’t You Close Shop!

You don't stop collecting the taxes only because all the tax-men are not honest!

You don't wind up the customs offices as most of the custom officials are corrupt!

You do't close down the income-tax as the income-tax officials are all dishonest!

You don't wind up your offices even as you find the officials almost all are bad!

You don't disband the bureaucracy even as you find them bad and work shrinks!

You don't ban any one political party even as you find them treacherously bad!

You do't exile all the politicians even as they all collectively sell the whole Nation!

You don't lock out the Parliament even as the Parliamentarians fail the Society!

You don't dismiss even any one of the Govts even as they fail to serve People!

Why then do you close down and sell the Govt Offices and Public Sector Units?

a worried Dalit

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