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Crisis

from Stupidity Returns by Brat Pack

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Once again the greed of corporations has proved itself a curse
Economies crash, because another bubble has burst
They could all see it coming, it was set to explode
Nevertheless the bonus system ensured that their eyes stayed closed

Now it was easy to predict
That the government's response
Would be socialism for the rich
And capitalism for the rest of us

Why should we help them?
We shouldn't reward them...

...for the risks that they took and the mistakes that they made
Everybody knows who it is that will pay for this
It's not the rich
Not the financial world, which has caused this mess
The weight always seems to land on the weakest shoulders

Politicians make promises: “we all have to share this burden”
But the plans they make don't reflect the words we hear from them
Higher-incomes pay higher taxes, a system of which we're proud
But deduction of mortgages still straightens things right out
Yet still, it's even hard to discuss whether this system is fair
And billions are still spent on fighter jets and warfare

Can't we come up with something better?
Something that somehow relates
To the way this whole crisis started out in the first place
There are savings to be made
We have to cut back somewhere
Someone will have to pay
But this time, let's pick the people with wealth to spare

Why should we help them?
We don't owe them

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from Stupidity Returns, released May 13, 2011

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