A Republican congress is again trying to abolish the estate tax. This would cost the Treasury an estimated $310 billion but save a few billionaires a pile. Fair is fair...
The Rich Have
Suffered Long Enough
The rich have suffered long enough,
They’ve known great taxing sorrows.
It’s time class warfare laws to doff,
They’ve earned their bright tomorrows.
Unlike the poor or middle class,
Top earners’ rates are highest.
With income they keep just two-thirds,
It’s all so clearly biased.
While others in a family nest
Find peace behind the curtains,
The tax bite on good real estate
Makes home and hearth harsh burdens.
And even death don’t free the rich
From greedy revenuers,
Their grieving spouses are assessed
A tab that makes them rue-ers.
And don’t forget the cruelest cut,
The tax on dividends.
A second clipping by the Feds,
Dear God, it never ends!
So trim the bloated welfare rolls
And elder payments stem,
But have compassion for the rich
And pray one day you’re them.
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©2008 Michael Silverstein
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