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"It is this transition from an excess of greed to an excess of fear that President Roosevelt had in mind when he famously observed that the only thing we had to fear was fear itself," Summers said. "It is this transition that has happened in the United States today."



well....



some suit and tie told us to spend

to help his stocks mend

like the leeches rich men tend

to be, they'll absorb the rest of us



he declared on behalf of the state

refind our greed

like we had ever lost

that feeling-we'll just save it but not for the rest of us



they never mind making you fear

it's what they bred into you all these years

still, government wants you to spend,

(it's what they told you to do after nine eleven)

burn the rest of what little you may have left

(instead of taking time to think things over)

to help those dollar bills be just as good

in a garbage can to keep you warm



they say we need a little more greed now

(there's always too much greed)

who are they looking out for again?

who benefits when you overspend?

you can't buy yourself out of bankruptsy

unless you pay someone off

there's always too much greed

there's always too much fear



white house mansion our palace

we're not invited

like the kings that rich men tend

to be, they'll abhore the rest of us



politics on behalf of the bank

refind our green

like we ever stepped

outdoors-we'll just save it but not for practical use



they never mind making you fear

it's what they bred into you all these years

still, government wants you to spend,

(it's what they told you to do after nine eleven)

burn the rest of what little you may have left

(instead of taking time to think things over)

to help those dollar bills be just as good

in a garbage can to keep you warm



they say we need a little more greed now

(there's always too much greed)

who are they looking out for again?

who benefits when you overspend?

you can't buy yourself out of bankruptsy

unless you pay someone off

there's always too much greed

there's always too much..



fools have gold,

and gold has fools

finding fools gold

but this fool knows



they say we need a little more greed now

(there's always too much greed)

who are they looking out for again

who benefits when you overspend?

you can't buy yourself out of bankruptsy

unless you pay someone off

there's always too much greed

there's always too much fear

after all these years

after all we could have learned

there's always too much..

there's always too much..

too much greed,..

so much fear



fuck you lawrence summers

you're just a paper man

a brown paper bag

a hand up your ass



moving your mouth

drawn on and drawn out

you're an actor in a plot

you're a mask called camelot



for the face they call the devil

for the voice that haunts us all

even those who worship it which is most of us to a large extent



left, right, or sitting fence

no time to care who it offends

fucked, this paper population

that screwed their paper declaration

and gave birth to the spawn of paper

men woodrow wilson, mao tse tung and hitler

well,...why wait any longer?



well, why wait any longer?

let's all burn in hell now

so the homeless man

can at least have a warm garbage can



why wait any longer?

let's all burn in hell now

so the homeless man

can at least have a warm garbage can

so the homeless man

can at least have a warm garbage can



there's always too much greed.