We've been robbed
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POSTED: Sunday, February 01, 2009
We gave the bankers a load of cash
And they just added it to their stash
For dividends and unearned bonuses
Thinking that we would not notice it
Bailout cash was not intended
For CEOs to foolishly spend it
For luxuries they could parade around
Saying something might trickle down.
With our economy in this pickle
We need much more than a trickle.
Here's a project I'll propose
A jail house for some CEOs.
Daily headlines inspire the poet Joe Gedan, a retired U.S. magistrate judge who lives in Honolulu. His observations appear on Sundays and Fridays. He can be reached at .(JavaScript must be enabled to view this email address)