An Earthly Symbol: The Science of Taxes

Cordially endeavor to promote generations
Of hardworking individuals,
Their beautifully cornered, conceived,
And joyous families,
And their awesome standard of life.
The obligatory taxation
Of the highest income earners
Is a non-neutral, stigmatizing
Drop in the bucket
To an economy
Whose largest expenses
Are national defense,
Roads and bridges,
Affordable health care,
And entitlements such as social security,
Medicare, and food stamps;
Their 38 percent tax rate cannot cover
These trillions in budget spending
And those miscellaneous, incredible,
Needed expenditures
Of those well-thought-out, brilliant groups
And industrious minds;
If a billionaire’s net worth
Or annual income is two or three billion,
38 percent of that is
Roughly six to nine hundred million,
And if there are 400 of those billionaires,
That’s around 3 or 4 trillion dollars -
Not enough to finance the economic frivolity
Or vital spending costs
Of the mainstays in the excellent budget,
Let alone the countless other items
In this unified and glorious agenda…

Let love encircle the populace
Of this extraordinarily frustrated nation,
With an economy that leaves
One’s wages in their checking
And savings accounts,
To focus our marginal gains
Toward a brighter tomorrow;
A view to the unlucky and less fortunate
Remains surely on the horizon;
Their well-being relies on the godly sanctuary
Which is the middle class -
And their prosperity is completely and gratefully
Reliant on their wealth
And exceptional verve, values,
And living code;
For there is no inherent substitute
For middle America’s pocketbook
And prodigious worth,
And the impoverished and struggling people
Of this salient and holy nation
Must depend on the spending decisions
And strength in forecasting
Of this vibrant and consensual category
Of men, women, and children
In this glorious land…
Peace and tranquility shall be furthered
By the government’s legal and ethical
Lack of thankless grab
Of the extremely wealthy’s
Ideation and original creations’ profits earned,
Based on their ethos-seeking ventures’
Money’s gained and realized,
And that inherent risk aversion
In all its logistical aftermath…