{"id":1188,"date":"2016-03-31T16:34:04","date_gmt":"2016-03-31T23:34:04","guid":{"rendered":"http:\/\/davidraffin.com\/weblog\/?p=1188"},"modified":"2016-03-31T16:40:07","modified_gmt":"2016-03-31T23:40:07","slug":"a-short-list-of-things-we-cant-afford-anymore-a-poem","status":"publish","type":"post","link":"https:\/\/davidraffin.com\/weblog\/a-short-list-of-things-we-cant-afford-anymore-a-poem\/","title":{"rendered":"A short list of things we can’t afford anymore (a poem)"},"content":{"rendered":"
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I steal from Richard F Yates, because it’s a habit with me. Everybody got a habit, me, nuns, William Burroughs\u2026 only Richard F Yates lives free.<\/p><\/div>\n

Can’t afford the status quo of War, Big Business Giveaways, Private Prisons, Institutionalized Racism, Unregulated Healthcare, College Loans.
\nCan’t afford the lack of a Living Wage.
\nCan\u2019t afford Outsourcing, Offshoring, Free Trade shenanigans.
\nCan’t afford businesses declaring everyone an independent contractor.
\nCan\u2019t afford driving a personal car into the ground for someone else to profit.
\nCan’t afford the shifting of the burden to the bottom.
\nCan’t afford payday loans.
\nCan\u2019t afford the sky high rent.
\nCan\u2019t afford the money so far spent that profited only the very top.
\nCan’t afford to pick up the tab for those who attend $20,000 a plate fundraisers While you and I may skip meals.
\nCan’t afford the bailout of the ship that sunk mine. Do I look like a fool’s goldmine?
\nCan’t afford $7,000 a pill to stay alive.
\nCan\u2019t afford not to invest in the future.
\nCan’t afford the status quo. It’s unrealistic. It has no future. It was obsolete when it started. Why should you and I have to pay for it?<\/p>\n

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Can’t afford the status quo of War, Big Business Giveaways, Private Prisons, Institutionalized Racism, Unregulated Healthcare, College Loans. Can’t afford the lack of a Living Wage. Can\u2019t afford Outsourcing, Offshoring, Free Trade shenanigans. Can’t afford businesses declaring everyone an independent contractor. Can\u2019t afford driving a personal car into the ground for someone else to profit. Can’t afford the shifting of the burden to the bottom. Can’t afford payday loans. Can\u2019t afford the sky high rent. Can\u2019t afford the money so far spent that profited only the very top. 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