This is the Political Economy that Barack Built (A Mother Axelrod Fairy Tale)

Barry Rubin
 

 

 

From the Collected Fairy Tales of Mother Axelrod

Who paid for the road that Barack built.

This is the IRS agent
That harassed the taxpayer
That paid for the road that Barack built.

This is the truck that
Ran over the IRS agent
That harassed the taxpayer
That paid for the road that Barack built.

This is the cargo that
Filled the truck that
Ran over the IRS agent
That harassed the taxpayer
That paid for the road that Barack built.

This is the company that
Manufactured the cargo that
Filled the truck that
Ran over the IRS agent
That harassed the taxpayer
That paid for the road that Barack built.


This is the hardworking small businessperson who
owned the company that
Manufactured the cargo that
Filled the truck that
Ran over the IRS agent
That harassed the taxpayer
That paid for the road that Barack built.

This is the public school teacher who gave the class
Taken by the hardworking small businessperson who
Manufactured the cargo that
Filled the truck that
Ran over the IRS agent
That harassed the taxpayer
That paid for the road that Barack built.

This is the administrator who wrote the curriculum
That directed the public school teacher who gave the class
Taken by the hardworking small businessperson who
Manufactured the cargo that
Filled the truck that
Ran over the IRS agent
That harassed the taxpayer
That paid for the road that Barack built.

This is the Department of Education bureaucrat who
Wrote the forms
Filled out by the administrator who wrote the curriculum
That directed the public school teacher who gave the class
Taken by the hardworking small businessperson who
Manufactured the cargo that
Filled the truck that
Ran over the IRS agent
That harassed the taxpayer
That paid for the road that Barack built.

This is the president who
Set the policy
That directed the Department of Education bureaucrat who
Wrote the forms
Filled out by the administrator who wrote the curriculum
That directed the public school teacher who gave the class
Taken by the hardworking small businessperson who
Manufactured the cargo that
Filled the truck that
Ran over the IRS agent
That harassed the taxpayer
That paid for the road that Barack built.

Moral:  Barack Obama owns everything but if you vote for him or, even better, give a large donation, he might let you keep what he decides is your fair share.

Important note: I didn’t write the above on my own. I couldn’t have done it if President Obama hadn’t made those speeches and Elizabeth Warren hadn’t given him the idea.