The Declaration of Corporate Dependence

The Preamble:

When in the course of corporate events
Dissolving bands with the people must end.
Capital is what matters most
And with any means we defend.

We hold these markets to be self-evident
That not all profits are equal;
They’re endowed by laissez faire
To meet their quarterly sequels.

We hold NAFTA, CAFTA, and WTO
As well as other forms of “free” trade
To bring “free” markets for corporations
Despite labor concessions made.

We reseve the right to squeeze out life
As we as liberty and happiness at home,
The quaint idea that people have rights
Is bought or sold or loaned.

The amble:

From its day of artificial birth
In the year 1886,
A corporation assumed human rights.
Its place had been fixed.

And then in 1978
It learned to speak with big money,
In Belotti versus first national Bank
Campaign bucks flowed like honey.

the rulings over the years sustained
For corporations’ and their vast wealth;
FOX reporters defied BGH omissions,
But a judge ruled against public health.

The Supremes have now ruled in favor
Of tort reform for punitive damages.
Exxon lessoned its punitive load
Like sociopathic savages.

And now the hammer has come down
Of unbridled wealth and greed;
The ruling of Citizens United
Saw the FEC’s weak knees.

Corporate capital is now in control
The founding fathers roll in their graves
Democracy’s coffin has now been shut
The corporate road is paved.