Some think this country’s income pie
Is too top-tier allotted,
And should be changed in ways that make
The rich less so besotted;
They see a moral issue here,
The way income’s divided,
Because it leaves so many poor,
So scared and ill-provided.
I have a different focus though,
Not based on moral feeling,
But rather geared to something else,
An economic healing;
Unless a broader income spread
Lets more folks boost their spending,
There’s little hope that we’ll soon see
This long recession’s ending.