(Note that after 9/11 we were urged to consume
as our patriotic American duty.)
But deep down we know real imitation
is just our own improbable hope
and the odds of winning the economic lottery
make it a particularly sadistic joke.
So when we finally admit "trickle down"
does NOT raise all economic boats,
what we see is more like the story
of the sparrows, the horse and the oats.
You feed all the oats to the horse,
but the sparrows're not supposed to feel cheated,
because they get all the leftover oats
when the horse's digestion's completed.
This creates more than a desire to be rich.
It creates resentment and anger and envy
in the poor rolling rocks up the hill
with Sisyphus for all of eternity.
- Vi Ransel
as our patriotic American duty.)
But deep down we know real imitation
is just our own improbable hope
and the odds of winning the economic lottery
make it a particularly sadistic joke.
So when we finally admit "trickle down"
does NOT raise all economic boats,
what we see is more like the story
of the sparrows, the horse and the oats.
You feed all the oats to the horse,
but the sparrows're not supposed to feel cheated,
because they get all the leftover oats
when the horse's digestion's completed.
It creates resentment and anger and envy
in the poor rolling rocks up the hill
with Sisyphus for all of eternity.
- Vi Ransel
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