Banana Republicans

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Banana Republicans

 

 

First, they won the White House on a five-to-four vote

 

Ignoring the citizens, precluding the tote

 

But within two years they’d surely learned their big lesson:

 

Own vote counting companies, eliminate guessin’

 

 

 

They’re Banana Republicans, leading the way

 

To the National Security US of A

 

They’re bought and they’re paid for, the companies say

 

That they’ll keep them in office, and make us all pay.

 

 

 

 

There’s no money for government programs, they’ll say

 

Then the government assets, they just give away

 

Selling oil leases everywhere, radio spectrum

 

Assigning big contracts to folks who select them

 

 

 

Time was, corporations spent money to lobby

 

The folks in DC, and they did quite a job. The

 

Arrangement’s now changed, they no longer need access

 

Big business owns government, bought it with your taxes

 

 

 

And the average American must be doing fine

 

‘Cuz the GDP’s growing, that’s the bottom line

 

Still, it’s somehow worth noting that there’s little fuss

 

That the “average†American makes more than us

 

 

 

They’re Banana Republicans, leading the way

 

To the National Stratified US of A

 

They’re bought and they’re paid for, the companies say

 

That they’ll keep them in office. Let’s throw them away!

 

 

 

If you work out the numbers, it’s soon evident

 

That the “average†American’s the top five percent

 

They hold all of the wealth, and make most of the money

 

While you’re down the drain, their world’s warm and it’s sunny

 

 

 

How can that be true? You ask confusedly

 

Well, it’s really quite simple as you soon will see:

 

Bill Gates visits a shelter, serves homeless beef boullion,

 

The average net worth in that room’s now one billion.

 

 

 

They give tax monies back to folks who sure don’t need it

 

The gold makes the rules, and they’ve learned how to heed it

 

They’ll divide and they’ll conquer, creating resentment

 

The poor hate the poorer, return on investment.

 

 

 

They’re Banana Republicans, leading the way

 

To the National Poverty US of A

 

They’re bought and they’re paid for, the companies say

 

That they’ll keep them in office. We can’t let them stay!

 

 

 

Lest you get information, form radical views

 

The companies that own them control all your news

 

All “government experts†are quoted verbatim

 

While the press spikes true stories that might make you hate them

 

 

 

Now, they know if you’re bad, and they know if you’re good

 

And they know more about you than Big Brother should

 

They know all ‘bout your health, and all ‘bout your employment

 

Where you spend your money, how you get enjoyment

 

 

 

When there comes a loud knock in the middle of the night

 

And the troops storm in, heavily armed for a fight

 

Your rights have all vanished, you’ve no Constitution,

 

You’re an enemy combatant, in a final solution.

 

 

 

No court can protect you, you’re not under arrest

 

And your lawyer can’t see you, nor even protest

 

The Geneva Convention they will not apply here

 

Find comfort in prison, you’re likely to die here

 

 

 

They’re Banana Republicans, leading the way

 

To the National Rich People’s US of A

 

They’re bought and they’re paid for, the companies say

 

That they’ll keep them in office. Impeach them today!

 

 

Richard Martin