Asking the Congress to rewrite laws
That benefit and enrich themselves
Is asking the wolf not to eat the lamb.
The wolf will eat the lamb.
The lamb cannot avoid this fate
By pretending it is not worth eating.
The wealthy are well rewarded
For not caring about the poor.
To make them care the only way
Is to offer them tributes.
The rich want you to buy
Their trinkets and toys
And leave the lawmaking to them.
As long as we let the rich
Write the laws and control
Enforcement, the law
Will be slanted in their favor.
Nothing fuels fascism like poor people,
So the rich will raise prices and
Thus keep the people poor.
Dishonest people will always
Blame someone else for their crimes.
In government, they will blame
Honest people trying to do the job
They were elected to do.
If a person fails to be outraged
At the actions of criminals,
He is either criminal himself
Or a defense attorney,
And that person may be
Both at the same time.
Among the biggest mistakes
One can ever make
Is believing campaign promises
Where no evidence exists
Of any plan to keep them.
As long as politics are run
Like a beauty contest,
Nothing like democracy
Ever has a chance to succeed.
In a democratic country,
The common people must
Expect to participate
To make it work.
That means they must work
Within the system to ensure
All nefarious people and laws
Be discovered and thrown out.
Undefended rights are only
Privileges grudgingly by government
Dispensed as alms to beggars.
In a representative government,
Everyone must be a representative.
Yesterday is a terrible day
To plan to fix things.
Today and tomorrow
Are the only time we have to do it.
If a representative
Does not walk his talk,
Stop listening to his talk
And watch his walk.
Do not expect industry or military
To protect your rights.
They are both monetary institutions
Addicted to power.
If Congresspeople earn fortunes
By serving the people,
There can be no equity
In representation.
Corruption will rule the land.
Lobbyists should be imprisoned
if they are indistinguishable
From extortionists.
Voting districts need to be
Based on the needs of the people,
Not the needs of the bank accounts
Of our leadership.
Offshore bank accounts should be
As illegal as they are immoral.
(As this is all my own opinion, there will be more at later dates.)
