Chinese proverb</SPAN> Original Chinese Proverb: Give a man a fish and he will eat for a day. Teach a man to fish and he will eat for a lifetime. 2012 White House Revision: Give a man a welfare check, a free cell phone with unlimited free minutes, cash for his clunker, food stamps, section 8 housing, free contraceptives, Medicaid, ninety-nine weeks of unemployment, free medicine, and he will vote for Democrats the rest of his life; even after he's deceased.