Ode to the Taxpayer

The Daily Citizen News printed my poem, Ode to the Taxpayer, in the Letters to the Editor section of today's edition. I am posting it here for anyone who might be interested.

Ode to the Taxpayer

Why do we abuse the taxpayer so,
when he’s the one who makes things go?
From the City Council to Capitol Hill,
the taxpayer always pays the bill.

Here’s some news that just isn’t funny.
You know where they got that stimulus money!
Now Cap and Tax has put on the screws,
And our poor old taxpayer will pay the dues.

What a nightmare this congressional scare!
More frightening than Freddie is “Obama Care.”
Even more outrageous for our burned-out friend
is the more he’s taxed the more we spend.

Since his pockets just are not that deep,
we borrow and spend ‘cause we can’t be cheap.
And if his generation can’t pay the bill,
His children and grandchildren certainly will.