You reminded me of something:
We, the unwilling
Led by the unknowing
Are doing the impossible
For the ungrateful.
We have done so much
For so long
With so little
That we are now qualified
To do anything
With nothing.
I have no idea who wrote this -- otherwise I would happily credit him/her. I saw it on a bulletin board in an opthalmologist's office years ago and committed it to memory. Seems appropriate today.