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Tax the Rich

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There is trouble in the nursery.

The children ask for more.

They are climbing up the curtains.

They are stamping on the floor.

Nanny State is spanking them.

She weilds her wooden spoon,

But the children run about her.

They are crying for the moon.

 

Why don’t they eat their porridge up?

They call for toast and egg.

Where has their pocket money gone?

They want Housekeeper Clegg.

She promised them their piggy banks

Were safely stowed away,

But she handed them to Cameron,

Who has the bills to pay.

 

Oh tell us Mrs Cameron,

Why can’t you pay the bills?

Its no good blaming children

For all the household ills.

Its your nasty Banker husband

Whose causing us to grieve.

When you ask him for the housekeeping

He threatens he will leave.

 

Who really are the children,

Taking all and sharing none?

Who really are the adults

Who know where the money’s gone?

Revolution in the nursery,

Against a broken vow.

Resolution in the Parlour (ment)

To TAX THE WEALTHY NOW!

◄ The Plain Girl

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Julian (Admin)

Mon 31st Oct 2011 18:58

yes, it is a poem and it is not a rant. Excellent Freda. OK, prehaps I was hasty in asking where it all was, instead of seeing what we have here on this site!

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Sun 12th Dec 2010 13:45

Glorious!

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Isobel

Sun 12th Dec 2010 13:41

Well done for protesting Freda! They should tax all the rich and give it to me. Then when I've spent it all, they should tax them all again.

I don't know about bankers fleeing abroad cos of their bonuses not being as big... My children will certainly end up going abroad if they want a degree now - to Australia - where they have citizenship and cheaper education - and so we have a brain drain - and a heart drain...

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Lynn Dye

Sat 11th Dec 2010 22:43

I love the humour of this, Freda and SO agree with the sentiment!
Lynn x

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Chris Co

Thu 9th Dec 2010 17:18

I like the humour of this satirical poem. Very much in keeping with the cartoons that manage to poke fun jibes very close to the bone in Westminster.

Well written, good targets, good fun...what isn't there to like?

I also strongly approve of the final line/thought.

Chris

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Dave Bradley

Thu 9th Dec 2010 13:29

Good poem Freda and good luck with your crusade. Many of the rich put a great deal of money and effort into avoiding taxation, and a few of them into evading it. They're not going to go to all that trouble piling up cash, only to give it to the rest of us, are they.

Some of them would deny the status, but there are more tax havens linked to the UK than any other country. Was it an issue at the last election? No - partly because the people who control the agenda at elections have mostly got money in tax havens.

A lot more could be said!

Dave (former tax inspector)

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Paul F Blackburn

Thu 9th Dec 2010 13:17

I endorse this poem though the pic ain't me

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Ann Foxglove

Thu 9th Dec 2010 13:07

Why the picture of Paul Blackburn, Freda? ;-)

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