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Wall Street Poet
Michael Silverstein's
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"Nowadays, you can't turn on the TV without some talking head telling you about the economy. Yet, in a world overrun by 'analysts,' only one man has the guts, the brains, and, quite frankly, the poetry to put it all in perspective.That man is Michael Silverstein... Silverstein is a true intellectual." — Gersh Kuntzman, The New York Post
"Few people have found much to laugh about in the stock market this year. Michael Silverstein is the exception. The Bard of the Bourse can find humor in losing money, globalization and stock options." — USA Today
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Congress has just passed a law that allows companies to stop paying the medical benefits of retired workers when these workers qualify for Medicare. These costs (including drug costs) will now presumably be paid by government. Or retirees themselves. Or they won’t be paid at all and retirees won’t get their meds. What’s wrong with this picture?
Promises, Promises.....
We promised you a safety net
When you left the corp’rate fold,
A perk in lieu of higher pay
‘Twas the story we once told.
But now you have to understand
To keep up present profit,
That med care that we promised then
S’too costly—so we’ll stop it.
A bus’ness has priorities,
It must dispense with fluff;
Retirees will learn to cope
And if not—gosh, that’s tough.
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