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One of the things we might learn from history
Is that the government's interests
Are not necessarily the same as ours
In fact, are rarely the same as ours
Because if you think the government's interests are the same as yours
Then you think, "Well if something is going wrong it must
Be that they made a mistake 'cause they really care about us"
They don't care about us!
The greatest beneficiary of Reagan years' was corporations
Wealthy businessmen and ministers of foreign nations
Bush promised that he would save the environment
Signed the clean air act and had the public buyin' it
Two years after that, we see it as imprudence
The EPA allowed tons of hazardous pollutants
Little money was allocated for the enforcement
Contaminated drinkin' water, everywhere was dormant
But business worries override the safety of the public
Ecological breakdowns and nobody would publish
When Reagan got elected and he finally took to office
He spent a quarter million dollars on his livin' quarters
He built the military even more
And paid for it with cuts and benefits for the poor
He made 140 billion cuts in social programs
Human consequences wasn't justified to no man
He said that he still balanced the budget
Wassily Leontief guaranteed that he wouldn't
The 80's were the triumph of upperclass America
Ascendancy of the rich, the poor he would bury ya
The gap between the rich and the poor grew dramatically
Black families were hit the hardest, be emphatically
Lack of resources, and racial discrimination
Broken homes, drug addiction, incarceration
Instead of trying to help the people out of this
Position, politicians called for the building of more prisons
Reagan lied about Iran, lied to Nicaragua
Lied about the Soviets and lied about the Contras
He sold arms to Iran
All of it was cited but plausible denial is why he ain't get indicted
Oli North stood trial
The jury found him guilty but he ain't do