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How Elections Are Bought

You must be a billionaire with an ax to grind,

because the government is taxing you blind.

It's a free country and you don't feel very free,

so you are going to fix it, even though you could flee.

First, pick the election districts who favor your cause,

and look for the weakest candidate without any pause.

Shower them with more money in their campaign chest,

than all of the three dollar contributions combined from the rest.

Get them elected with more TV, face time and lies,

so the ignorant public finds them a hero of little guys.

But while in office have bargained with the devil's cash,

are required to follow their benefactor's ways, however rash.

A simple threat of withdrawal of annual massive campaign funds,

will guarantee a puppet like the Energizer Bunny, runs and runs.

So the wealthy get wealthier with laws written in their favor,

while the people, we the people, get lower wages to savor.

Copyright 2022 © Ronald W. Hull

7/28/22

You can read and print this poem at my website here.