A Very Special Message From A Bunch of Twisted Bastards

Last week, a bunch of guilty rich people took out an ad in the StarTribune decrying the fact that they don't pay enough taxes. Of course by they, they meant you, me and any productive citizen of Minnesota. The group sponsoring this ad was called Growth and Justice. That may be their aim, but I see a contradiction. Where is the justice in reaching into someone's wallet and taking their money? How does this promote growth?

Perhaps I just don't get it. Maybe if they had a catchy theme song I would understand how the government robbing citizens of our hard earned cash would be a morally correct path to prosperity. Perhaps they could come up with an anthem, one that has a refrain so catchy that it makes you shout it out.

Fortunately, there is a web site that can help; werenotgonnatakeit.org is a web site that turns the classic Twisted Sister song into your very own protest song. All you have to do is rewrite the words, call the phone number, and sing the song karaoke style. When finished, you can e-mail this song to Canadian politicians that you want to hear it.

Since I am a uniter, not a divider, I will help our friends at Growth and Justice by providing potential lyrics (note that the word ask should be pronounced in its urban vernacular):

We Are Gonna Take It
We are gonna take it
Don't care how you make it
We will take your money, and want more

We want the power to tax you
How dare you make us ask you?
In Minnesota freedom's wrong

We're rich and claim to be just
Help us find public TV 'cause
You'd waste your money, and that's wrong

Oh we are gonna take it
Don't care how you make it
We will take your money, and want more

We might act condescending
But needs are never ending
We will be funding everything from you

The free market, we hate it
Your money, we'll confiscate it
And start gubmint programs anew

Healthcare, for free; you pay, for me!

We are gonna take it
Don't care how you make it
We will take your money, and want more