Monday, February 5, 2018

No. 262.2: EXTRA! Speaker Ryan Responds

US House speaker Paul Ryan has come under fire after citing a school worker who was $1.50 (£1) a week better off because of recent tax cuts.

So what's the deal here
did I make a mistake?
It's not like I said,
Let them eat cake!”

I mean, hey come on,
gimme a break.
More than two dimes a day,
for Ayn Randy's sake!

This daily bonus
is almost a quarter!
If you're complaining,
you are out of order.

Think of things that quarter could buy. . .
. . .
. . .
. . .

Now you can afford,
by golly, ah shucks,
nearly every two weeks
coffee at Starbucks.

Or, instead,
if you want to go wild,
you could almost support
some poor hungry (undeserving!) 
TV ad third-world  child.

Best do that quick
in case the kid's sick
and before GOP Congress,
just for a laugh,
figures how to take back
your buck and a half.