United Airlines has a plan
To flee from bankruptcy,
To ease the heavy burdens of
Excess insolvency.

It’s really quite a cunning plan
To boost its own retentions;
The company will merely stop
Contributing to pensions.

"But wait," you say, "that isn’t right,"
Who’ll pay those pensioned duffers?"
"Why Uncle Sam," comes the reply,
"Will see that no one suffers."

‘Cause Sam the Man’s responsible
When there’s a sudden halt
In the payments made to pensioners
Sam’s stuck with the default.

So here’s the moral for you folks
With crushing pers’nal debt:
Get government to pay your bills,
Make Sam your safety net.

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