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Bailing Railing |
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Abe Senior Member
since 2003-05-28
Posts 694Looks like Vero Beach, FL until the end! 
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Bailing Railing Why is it, those with all the money Are, in the front of the first line With their hand out for a bailout From us poor Folks, all the time? It’s not just car makers and brokers Most all big companies are the same When things don’t go how they want It’s, We, the People, get the blame. They fly all around in private jets Stocked with fine wines and caviar Ride limos to and from the airport While we can’t buy gas for our car. Most of them pay little in taxes Through, their loopholes and breaks Paying less, the more they earn While we can’t make, what it takes. They will send our jobs overseas They don’t want to pay the cost To have it, “Made in the USA” Maybe, pride of that, forever lost. They import goods with lead paint And poisoned foods to make us sick They don’t care if some of us die To get our money, (they’re that slick). They break our laws all the time And don’t fear, if they are caught A slap on the wrist, rarely, “time” While, we can go to jail, for naught. Millions are paid to so-called bosses To bring any company’s, ruination While stockholders, hire those CEOs They want to blame it on the Nation. With perks and golden parachutes And bonuses, far beyond absurd Defended by the dumbest reasons That, anyone has ever heard. We all really need a wake-up call And all of us will pay the price Maybe, for all the lessons learned We won’t let this happen, twice. Maybe we should, let them go bankrupt And let the chips fall, where they may With the hope, borne from those ashes The common Folks, might have, their day. 11.19.2008 Del "Abe" Jones Mankind's greatest accomplishment is not the revolution of technology, it is the evolution of creativity. copyright 1984 |
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Midnitesun
since 2001-05-18
Posts 28647Gaia |
Not a bad ending. Unfortunately, the 'chips' are already falling like dominoes, with unemployment soaring. Why not let the auto industry file bankruptcy and reorganize, with some forward and intelligent CEO's who can imitate the successes of Toyota and Honda. What a novel concept!!! |
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