“We’re all in this together spirit”

Morale of the workers is lowered
by tales of accountants and lawyers
triumphantly finding new ways
of helping the affluentia
to evade the normal tax payments.
Morale is crucial to any nation
undergoing a crisis.Recall the
“We’re all in this together spirit”
of the war years.But now,it’s disheartening
for the 50% living on less than the median wage
of about £25,000 per annum
let alone those just above it
to read the stories of “Grey areas”
“Offshore accounts”,”Charities” set up
from which they take just a “low” wage.

To come through a crisis
We need to feel we are all working
And living together.And we need to acknowledge
Very many people work full time
And are still in poverty..still needing
Housing Benefit..so we are subsidising the firms
which employ them on low wages like this.
Yes,the poor children do feel the cold,
They do indeed feel hunger.just like you and me.
And they do worry about parents whose hope
Is to win the Lottery.
Those children feel emotions just like all children.

Alienated now,we’ll not have too many chances
To grab them before they take to drugs..
Or worse,prostitution.

We are all in the same boat
But some are taking up more of it
And we want to know why.