As state leaders hunt for politically palatable solutions to the swelling budget shortfall, some Democrats are proposing unorthodox ways to generate cash.
Strip clubs, six-packs, grocery bags and iTunes downloads are all in their sights as alternatives to broad income or sales tax hikes. So are gas guzzlers and yachts -- and a tax loophole for criminals.
I have written a nice poem that I think crystallizes my feelings:
First they came for the trans-fats
but I was not a lard-ass, so I did not speak up;
Then they came for my recyclables
but I am not a dolphin, so I didn't care;
Then they came for the smokers
and I kept silent, because I considered myself a social smoker;
And when they came for my beer, porn, and rock
there was no one left to speak up for me.
but I was not a lard-ass, so I did not speak up;
Then they came for my recyclables
but I am not a dolphin, so I didn't care;
Then they came for the smokers
and I kept silent, because I considered myself a social smoker;
And when they came for my beer, porn, and rock
there was no one left to speak up for me.
Schwarzenegger would never take your porn away. He loves it too much.
ReplyDeleteI find your poetry scary. Scary good.
I totally wrote that poem all by myself, no one helped me with it.
ReplyDeleteI'm thinking of entering it into a local poetry contest.
You are so Anne Frank.
ReplyDeleteMotherfuckin' Robert Frost up in here an shit, riiiight??!!!
ReplyDeletenote to all, please send me $5 before quoting, using in conversation, or printing this poem on a t-shirt
ReplyDeletegenius ain't free