Senior members of POSSE (Party Of Singularly Selfish Entitlements) today hotly denied charges of eating the poor. A spokesman said, ‘These insinuations are criminal and ridiculous. I would not touch a poor if one fell down in front of me, much less even think about eating one. Just because we make laws in secret doesn’t mean they are undemocratic. Our new ways and means bill is a good example. It mandates that anyone regardless of race, sex or religion who has a net worth of less than $5,000 for three consecutive years gets recycled into products clearly marked Unfit for Human Consumption and sold as pet food.’