Anne Feeney: The Corporate Welfare Song

Anne Feeney
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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 LETS TELL THE TRULY GREEDY