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JSojourner
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E: -8.65, S: -6.94

« on: February 14, 2010, 05:42:07 PM »

As I have posted before, and with apologies to Bruce Cockburn...


Picture on magazine boardroom pop star
Pinstripe prophet of peckerhead greed
You say Trust me with the money -- the keys to the universe
Trickle down will give us everything we need

Brand new century private penitentiary
Bank vault utopia padded for the few
And its tumors for the masses coughing for the masses
Earphones for the masses and they all serve you

Trickle down give em the business
Trickle down supposed to give us the goods
Cups held put to catch a bit of the bounty
Trickle down everywhere trickle down blood

What used to pass for education now looks more like ignoration
Take the peoples' money and slip it to the corporation
Yellow rain golden shower pesticide firepower
Summon feudal demons of sweatshop subjugation

Workfare foul air homeless beggars everywhere
Picturephone aristocrats lounge around the pool
Captains of industry smiling beneficently
Leaky hull supertanker ship of fools

Trickle down give em the business
Trickle down supposed to give us the goods
Cups held put to catch a bit of the bounty
Trickle down everywhere trickle down blood

Takeover takedown big buck shakedown
Schoolyard pusher of the anything-for-profit
First got to privatize then you get to piratize
Hooked on avarice how do we get off it?

Trickle down give em the business
Trickle down supposed to give us the goods
Cups held put to catch a bit of the bounty
Trickle down everywhere trickle down blood
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JSojourner
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E: -8.65, S: -6.94

« Reply #1 on: February 16, 2010, 09:08:20 PM »

A good idea that was never carried far enough.  While I consider the Libertarians to be close allies of mine when it comes to dismantling government, I do support major tax breaks for both the wealthy and for business.  When we take care of those who employ the rest of us, they in turn, take care of us.  Also, then tend to use the money awarded them via tax cuts or business grants/abatements, etc. to create new wealth.

The liberal model, though honorably intentioned, is to let wealth trickle up.  The Robin Hood approach has never worked and it never will.  Just look at how the New Deal prolonged the recession and accomplished nothing positive.  Ever since that gigantic fiasco, indolent Americans have become addicted to handouts.

I strongly disagree with the bolded parts.



Bold that entire load of steaming monkey dookie and I will concur!
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