Dion Baker - Economics lyrics

Federal taxes, state taxes, city taxes Sales taxes factor into your transactions Get paid a yearly salary for 80 thousand It shrivels down to 40 grand quicker than you can count it Particularly for employees, cheese taken from your check like Check twice… is it correct? The government's like, "Right, yea it's correct!" Uncle Sam is off target With 14 billion dollars in national debt and still rising But speaking more specifically The dollar bill has no real value check the history It started as certificates for gold held in storage But fractional reserve banking dropped the market value of it Increasing the money supply they made more of it Eventually removed the gold that they had stored for it 1971, under Nixon Cause nearly every 40 years we change money systems Now back to the future today 2011 I'm sure you've heard... where the economy is headed President Obama won't fix it... not being cynical But fundamentally he's a politician And they've pushed the problem forward for years increasing spending And most of them won't really talk about it or end it In God We Trust... but God's in debt to the fed reserve bank So when you give thanks pray to Bernanke Cause check the situation, the Federal Reserve Controls the economy with, money manipulations That make it easier to get a loan for your house or car Makes your clothes cost more when you go to the mall Basic inflation deflation stagflation the nation is stagnated ‘Cause financial education is not a prerequisite for school graduation If you knew more you wouldn't work for money you'd create it