by Jean Thurston Liebert
Trickle-down. Trickle-down.
Who believes in Trickle-down?
“ I,” said Nixon.
“I believe in Trickle-down.
“I refuse to be kicked around,
“And wire-tapping will abound.”
“I,” said Reagan.
“I believe in Trickle-down.
“I will communicate with all,
“And set up our unions for a fall.”
“ I,” said G W Bush.
“I believe in Trickle-down.
“All corporations should soar,
“As well as the Haves and Have-mores.”
“I,” said Greenspan.
“I believe in Trickle-down.
“I now admit Friedman was wrong,
“But I’ll weasel out as I go along.”
“Not I,” said Obama.
“I don’t believe in Trickle-down.
“Give the man at the bottom a living wage,
“And Krugman will help us turn the page.”
Jean Thurston Liebert became a Democrat when she discovered she could attend the University of California for five years but couldn’t earn a living wage without organizing to deal with CEO’s. That is all one needs in America: a job with a living wage. Everything falls into place, if Big Business is regulated. At 91, all she writes is colored by this philosophy. Her poetry recently appeared in The She Project.
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