They Say

Social security
Is doomed, they say

The dollar
Will take years to rebound

The Western World
Is old hat

Germany
Has been surpassed by China

They say
That the Chinese
Will inherit the earth

Our industrial base
Has been looted, they say

Our scientists
Have fallen behind

Democracy
Is in peril

Indians
Can do everything we can and more

They say
That the icecaps
Are disappearing

Have a beer.