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Citizens United
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If corporations are people, my friend, is money people too? If so, how many? 300 million? One Presidency worth? Hard to say. Let's ask the Supremes. They know everything. Or change it to what they know. 5 to 4.
folk political satire
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Songs to afflict those who make everyone else uncomfortable.
Dave Lippman travels the world taking the air out of the windbags of the week, de-distorting history, and rewriting the classics with parody and thrust. He also presents the world's only known singing CEO, the Bard of the Bankers, Wild Bill Bailout, who employs anti-folk songs and interventionary anthems to explain (and enforce) that the business of America is none of your business, that those too big to fail are also too big for jail, and that the jobless and foreclosed must bail out their own boats.
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Peak #50
Peak in subgenre #8
Author
Dave Lippman
Uploaded
November 12, 2010
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MP3 2.8 MB 128 kbps 3:06
Story behind the song
Note to self: must amend constitution to declare money is not speech, but more like theft.
Lyrics
How much is that judgeship in the window? The one with the balancing scale How much is that judgeship in the window? I do hope that judgeship’s for sale I believe all corporations were created as a prequel To the leadership of those too big to fail And when we have alighted in the Congress and been knighted Not that we were invited and our love is not requited To make up for that we call ourselves Citizens United They say dollars and democracy don’t mix One swallows the other – guess which I’m accused of gaming the system That’s just blaming the victimizer ‘Cause money is speech, oh yes lots of it A vote is fine but money is above it Buying elections, you gotta love it money wins every time, and it’s no crime Not now! Don’t donate to a candidate, that would be too brash The chamber of commerce will redeploy your cash Make creative use of intermediaries Launder your cash, to keep elections clean A rising tide lifts all votes But some a little higher so they stay afloat Every politician has his or her price Who’s to decide if that is or isn’t nice? I’m an innovator, I’m on the cutting edge If things need improving I just buy a new ledge -islature, a rose by any nomenclature Is still a rose it’s just the rose I impose Don’t be shy with the corporate cash Democracy’s a billion dollar bash Though they say corporate government is fash….ism That can’t happen here. Maybe in Germany or Italy but never here at home Where the people all have health care and the buffalo still roam Yeah!…. The sky’s the limit, my guy’s gonna win it, Power, he’ll be at its hub To prepare for his election he’s puttin’ in his hours At the country club If you miss me at the voting booth You can’t find me there Come on over to the ad agency I’ll be buyin it there I’ll be buyin it there, I’ll be buyin it there Come on over to the TV studio I’ll be buyin it there All you fools are my tools, I’ve seen to that Through sub-standard schools and media that I won’t mention, and I didn’t You didn’t hear it, I was never here You know democracy is not so much about what you do It’s about what you choose on your pay per view Remember corporations are people too A major donor is a system owner And when we have alighted in the Congress and been knighted Not that we were invited and our love is not requited To make up for that we call ourselves Citizens United
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