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# Don’t Worry, Be Happy!
February 04 2013
Written by Ken Alpern.
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ALPERN AT LARGE - (*With apologies to* [*Bobby McFerrin*](http://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Bobby_McFerrin)*)*
[We all up to our eyeballs in debt](http://www.ohio.com/news/u-s-debt-woes-are-not-so-dire-experts-say-1.370248),
But they say things ain’t dire, not yet!
Don’t Worry, Be Happy!
[Unemployment’s up, don’t you know,](http://articles.latimes.com/2013/feb/01/business/la-fi-jobs-20130202)
But jobs and the economy they say they now grow!
Don’t Worry, Be Happy!
[Pension crisis kill state budget, you know,](http://www.latimes.com/news/local/la-me-california-poll-20130201,0,5207273.story)
But we still all love our Sacramento!
Don’t Worry, Be Happy!
[Minority youth, they suffer and die,](http://www.latimes.com/news/nationworld/nation/la-na-chicago-killings-20130203,0,6711239.story)
So we call for change but they tell us we lie!
Don’t Worry, Be Happy!
[We take away every gun we should,](http://www.latimes.com/entertainment/movies/moviesnow/la-et-ca-mn-movie-guns-20130203,0,5347462.story)
Except for all the ones in Hollywood!
Don’t Worry, Be Happy!
[They say our city, it going to pot,](http://www.mapinc.org/drugnews/v13/n049/a05.html)
And it be the pot shops that we got a lot!
Don’t Worry, Be Happy!
[Forget the retirement you thought you would know](http://online.wsj.com/article/SB10001424127887323926104578276241741448064.html),
Look forward instead to more reality show!
Don’t Worry, Be Happy!
So in 2013 and 2014 your credit card now maxes,
But time to pay for Affordable Care Act’s new taxes!
Don’t WORRY…Be HAPPY!
Be HAPPY!
*(Ken Alpern is a Westside Village Zone Director and Boardmember of the Mar Vista Community Council (MVCC), previously co-chaired its Planning and Outreach Committees, and currently is Co-Chair of its MVCC Transportation/Infrastructure Committee. He is co-chair of the CD11 Transportation Advisory Committee and chairs the nonprofit Transit Coalition, and can be reached at [Alpern@MarVista.org](mailto:Alpern@MarVista.org "mailto:Alpern@MarVista.org") This email address is being protected from spambots. You need JavaScript enabled to view it. He also co-chairs the grassroots Friends of the Green Line at [www.fogl.us](http://www.fogl.us). The views expressed in this article are solely those of Mr. Alpern.)*
*-cw*
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