Who's Steering The Ship of State?

Income inequality, where few hold all the wealth,

Hasn't proven helpful to our economic health.

As we lose the middle class we lose the driving force

For a strong recovery because we've lost its source.

I hate to sound cynical because I'm, mostly, not.

I'm inclined to give something a fair and decent shot,

But I'm an idealist who doesn't understand

How the situation's gotten quite so out of hand.

I've begun to wonder, since we've given this a try

(and we've seen it doesn't work since poor people can't buy

Anything but food and Walmart clothing for their backs.

Unemployment's bad without degrees and worse for blacks...)

Why don't we try something else?  I think it's time we did.

Politicians work for those who've placed the highest bid.

We have got to change the law that lets those bidders hide.

How else will we know if we've been taken for a ride?

Race for the White House - Super PACs

excerpted from an Article first published as Citizens United: The Pernicious Influence of Cash on Technorati.

Romney's spent a fortune in the races he just lost.

(Rick Santorum won them both at hardly any cost.)

If they keep on spending cash the way they've done of late

Can't imagine their financials will be looking great.

True, the other Super PACs devoted to the cause

Raised enough donations that it gave Obama pause;

Forced him to reverse himself - his PAC's now raising cash

Gearing up for when this race enters its Autumn dash.

Citizens United changed the game for everyone.

Think we should review that ruling when the race is done.

For, if we do nothing, then this system's here to stay.

Only ones who have a voice are those folks who can pay.

And, what are they getting for the money they've invested?

Access to the candidates.  The rest of us?  Divested.

Don't like how it's shaking out...  It fails the "fairness" test.

Try this stuff on Main Street, you'd be facing an arrest.