Tea Party Patriots co-founder Jenny Beth Martin used the popular teen novel “The Hunger Games” to describe the current state of the nation’s economy during her speech at the 40th annual Conservative Political Action Conference Saturday.
In “The Hunger Games,” the fictional country of Panem, which formed from a post-apoplectic North America, is divided into 14 regions. Martin compared Wall Street and K Street to Panem’s capital region, which in the novels is depicted as totalitarian and far removed from reality.
“Crony, corrupted deals are standard operating procedures,” Martin said of the respective capitols.
She also criticized President Obama’s expensive and ineffective comprehensive healthcare law with the analogy, saying that “Our country’s equivalent to the Hunger Games’ tributes will be the patients who die under this law.”
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My wife noted this while reading the book. When I saw the movie, I saw the obvious Appalachia locale.
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DeleteGood question and I just asked Dixie who has read all three books, plus we both saw the movie and we don't believe it was broached. First I've thought about this and thanks for the keen observation.