Anne Feeney - The Corporate Welfare Song lyrics

Anne Feeney Miscellaneous The Corporate Welfare Song THE CORPORATE WELFARE SONG © Anne Feeney (1998) BMI IT'S TIME TO END WELFARE AS WE KNOW IT LET'S GET THOSE GREEDY CHISELERS OFF THE DOLE IT'S TIME TO END WELFARE AS WE KNOW IT TEACH THEM A LITTLE SELF-CONTROL FOR FAR TOO LONG WE'VE ALLOWED THESE CORPORATE HOGS TO BELLY UP TO THE PUBLIC TROUGH NO MORE WELFARE AS WE KNOW IT NO MORE HANDOUTS! CUT THEM OFF! WE SHOULD ALL BE IRATE AT THIS HUGE WELFARE STATE RIGHT HERE IN THIS MIGHTIEST OF NATIONS AFDC IS DISGRACEFUL TO ME I'M TALKING AID FOR DEPENDENT CORPORATIONS FREE ENTERPRISE! HA! THE CRUELEST OF LIES! IT COST US $200 BILLION JUST LAST YEAR! WHY IF THEY PAID THEIR FAIR SHARE WE'D HAVE BILLIONS TO SPARE IT'S TIME TO TELL THEM, THE BUCKS STOP HERE! LET'S CONSIDER CHARLIE HURWITZ -- THE CEO AT MAXXAM HOLDING REDWOOD FORESTS HOSTAGE IN A VICIOUS LITTLE TAX SCAM IT'S CLEAR CUT WE'VE PICKED UP THE TAB FOR CHARLIE'S UNIONBUSTING AND PAID HIM TO POLLUTE OUR WATERS -- JESUS, THAT'S DISGUSTING NOW CHARLIE WON'T REPAY $500 MILLION THAT HE STOLE FROM A HOUSTON S&L -- WHAT'S SAY WE KICK HIM OFF THE DOLE? IT'S TIME TO END WELFARE AS WE KNOW IT LET'S GET THOSE GREEDY CHISELERS OFF THE DOLE IT'S TIME TO END WELFARE AS WE KNOW IT TEACH THEM A LITTLE SELF-CONTROL FOR FAR TOO LONG WE'VE ALLOWED THESE CORPORATE HOGS TO BELLY UP TO THE PUBLIC TROUGH SO LET'S END WELFARE AS WE KNOW IT NO MORE HANDOUTS! CUT THEM OFF! THAT TACO BELL CHIHUAHUA BEGS FOR BUCKS FOR FRITO LAY & "POPPIN FRESH" FROM PILLSBURY NEEDS MORE DOUGH EVERY DAY THAT THIEF RONALD MCDONALD AND HIS SIDEKICK MAYOR MC CHEESEY HAMBUGLARIZE OUR TREASURY IN WAYS THAT MAKE ME QUEASY THAT NASTY LITTLE MERMAID TAKES TAX DOLLARS OVERSEAS TO HIRE THUGS TO BRING POOR HAITIAN WORKERS TO THEIR KNEES IT'S TIME TO END WELFARE AS WE KNOW IT LET'S GET THOSE GREEDY CHISELERS OFF THE DOLE IT'S TIME TO END WELFARE AS WE KNOW IT TEACH THEM A LITTLE SELF-CONTROL FOR FAR TOO LONG WE'VE ALLOWED THESE CORPORATE HOGS TO BELLY UP TO THE PUBLIC TROUGH SO LET'S END WELFARE AS WE KNOW IT NO MORE HANDOUTS! CUT THEM OFF! THEY'VE BEEN PICKING EVERY POCKET HERE FROM SEA TO SHINING SEA WE MUST INTERVENE TO BREAK THIS CYCLE OF DEPENDENCY ADM & CARGILL, GENERAL MOTORS, FORD & BOEING ITT & LOCKHEED AND THE WELFARE LINE KEEPS GROWING NOW CONGRESS SAYS WE CAN'T AFFORD TO SUBSIDIZE THE NEEDY BUT BEFORE WE SLASH THE SAFETY NET LET'S TELL THE TRULY GREEDY